Alexander McCall Smith
Smith, born in Rhodesia in 1948, is a recognized expert in medical law and bioethics. He is a professor (emeritus) of medical law at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a prolific writer, much of whose fiction is set in Africa. He definitely has a way with titles. Here is just a short selection:
Smith, born in Rhodesia in 1948, is a recognized expert in medical law and bioethics. He is a professor (emeritus) of medical law at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a prolific writer, much of whose fiction is set in Africa. He definitely has a way with titles. Here is just a short selection:
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
Baboons Who Went This Way and That
The Careful Use of Compliments
The Charming Quirks of Others
The Double Comfort Safari Club
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Morality for Beautiful Girls
The Lost Art of Gratitude
Alexandra Fuller
Fuller, too, grew up in Rhodesia, and Africa is the setting for her poignant non-fiction books about her family.
Fuller, too, grew up in Rhodesia, and Africa is the setting for her poignant non-fiction books about her family.
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightKaren Cantwell
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Scribbling the Cat
I don't know anything about Cantwell, but I like these titles:
Silenced by the YamsAnd the rest are just some titles I've made note of over the past few months:
Citizen Insane
Take the Monkeys and Run
Saturday Night Cleaver
Chihuahua of the Baskervilles
Maui Widow Waltz
Bratfest at Tiffany's
Paris Trance
Death, Taxes and Extra-Hold Hairspray
A Lie for a Lie
Beware False Profits
Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes
Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger
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