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The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 5)
by: Alexander Mccall Smith

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Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781400031818
ISBN: 1400031818
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: January 25, 2004
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Studio: Anchor
Sales Rank: 19679

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In the fifth book in the prodigiously successful series, traditionally built, eminently sensible Mma Precious Ramotswe continues her enterprise at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Gaborone, Botswana, a country that is indeed fortunate.

Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too much pressure on him, as he has other concerns, especially a hair-raising request from the ever persuasive Mma Potokwane, matron of the orphan farm. Besides Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady to check up on several suitors. Are these men interested in the lady or just her money? This may be a difficult case, but it's just the kind of problem Mma Ramotswe likes and she is, as we know, a very intuitive lady.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Warm, witty, and wise
Book five in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

Mma Potokwani ropes Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni into agreeing to do a parachute jump in order to raise money for the orphan farm. In one of my favorite quotes from the book, she says, "We are much cleverer than you men, but, unfortunately, you do not know that." Ha!

Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni is so preoccupied with trying to find a way to avoid keeping his promise that he can't spare a minute to think about getting married, much to Mma Ramotswe's chagrin.

Mma Ramotswe helps a woman who owns a chain of hair salons to investigate several prospective husbands. As always, things work out just fine in the end.

Rating:

- Bring on the Cheerful ladies.
Great book. It seemed like a great conclusion to a wonderful series. I can't imagine what will happen next. But I will certainly be reading to find out.

Rating:

- a pleasant journey with those who have now become old friends
When I read the previous book in the series (The Kalahari Typing School for Men), it was clearly the least mysterious of the books in this series to that point: it had the fewest detective cases, instead moving forward the personal lives of the major characters (especially Mma Kutsi). With this, the fifth installment, Smith lowers the mystery quotient even further. The book contains only one detective case (albeit a fun one: find out which of a rich woman's suitors will make the best husband!) and spends relatively little time even on it.

This time, the focus returns to Mma Ramotswe's and Mr JLB Matekoni's personal lives. Despite the lack of mystery, the book is a pleasant escape into one of Africa's best-governed and wealthiest countries, with characters you can enjoy and respect. ... Read More

Rating:

- Another lovely story
I think the thing I like most about this series (other than the consistently good writing) is that there is no straining to put the detectives in dangerous situations, no effort to up the body count or indeed to have a body count in each book. This detective does the things that most detectives do--evaluates character, looks for lost things and most importantly lives her life. It's the views into her life that keep me coming back. I had wondered how long the engagement would go on before Precious Ramotswe would ask when she would cease to be an engaged lady and become a wife. That's one of the focuses of this book and I'm not going to tell you what happens. I'm looking forward to reading the sixth book.

Rating:

- Getting a bit slow, but still fun..
This is the fifth No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency novel, and by now author Smith has gotten the formula down pat. He has a series of things which never seem to change from book to book: the main character, Precious Ramotswe, and her sidekick Mma Makutsi. Mma and Rra are apparently Mrs. and Mr. in Botswana. The author adopts the conceit that there's no need for him to explain things like this to you; you should already know. This is similar to the late Patrick O'Brian, who never explained any of the terms, nautical or just obsolete, that he used in his Aubrey/Maturin novels. Usually, in each of these books, there's a problem, perhaps two or three, and the author follows the characters around as they deal with them.

In the current story, as much as there's a detective story here it's that ... Read More

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