In a beautiful and transporting volume of poems, the beloved author of
the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series takes us on a captivating
journey from Africa to Greece, London to North America to Mumbai, and
back home to Scotland, celebrating people, places, animals, and books.
What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship,
love, and travel--the themes found throughout his work that have made
him a cherished writer the world over. This first collection of McCall
Smith's poems reflects on these topics with all his characteristic wit
and charm.
There are moments of sweeping insight and soaring feeling, and moments
that will have you laughing along as they subtly shift your worldview.
This inimitable writer shares his distinctively astute and good-natured
observations on life, love, and beauty, reminding us of the deep
satisfaction that can be found when we open ourselves up to the world
with our whole heart, and watch as it takes on a kinder and gentler
shape.