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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: David Rintoul
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About this listen

 To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense sermons and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions.

But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster.

Soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; and Angus finds himself facing a large Glaswegian gangster bearing gifts....

©2009 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2009 Hachette Digital City Life Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban Scotland Comedy

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What I said before it's my favourite of all the Bertie books this far and I've read them all

This one's my favourite

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Great but please can David read the earlier ones unabridged!!! The dialogue is so good…

I want it unabridged!

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Not so keen on the abridged versions though. Read very well, I do love these books

Great

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This is another delightful episode in the lives of the residents of Scotland Street, told in the usual inimitable style of Alexander McCall Smith and read beautifully by David Rintoul. I laughed out loud at several incidents (embarassing as I was travelling by train at the time!). I grew up in Edinburgh and get really homesick every time I read one of these tales.

Further travails of Bertie

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unfortunately, although i love this collection of books, i am not keen on abridged books. but sadly it is as far as i can see, not possible to obtain an unabridged version of this story.

disappointed

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This is abridged,it's short and used up a credit.Had to buy it as I want to get the series in order. Also had technical issues where sections were clipped or bits missing.Started looking for alternatives to Audible.

one credit for a short story

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kept waiting for this story to go somewhere but it never did, pleasant writing style if you're looking for something gentle to have on in the background

so boring

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Well, you pays your money and you takes your choice. You either love the author or...... or you probably don't care. Most people reading this will know that the title is derived from Kundera's best selling novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", which itself is an exploration of Nietzsche's idea that everything that happens has happened before and will happen again. Sadly the author of this light-weight novel lacks the comprehension of Kundera, let alone the the insight Nietzsche. In all a complete waste of time.

This book has been read before, and.......

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