Godina izdanja: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-349-12364-6
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

The Lost Art Of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie Novels) Paperback – 5 Aug. 2010, by Alexander McCall Smith (Author)
The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie.

Publisher: ‎ Abacus (5 Aug. 2010)
Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 256 pages
Dimensions: ‎ 10.7 x 1.7 x 17.7 cm

Isabel`s son, Charlie, is now of an age – eighteen months – to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel`s surprise, she finds Minty Auchterlonie, the high-flying financier she first encountered in The Sunday Philosophy Club. Minty had seemed to Isabel a woman of ruthless ambition, but the question of her integrity had never truly been answered. Now, when Minty takes Isabel into her confidence about the complicated troubles at the investment bank she heads, Isabel finds herself going another round: Is Minty to be trusted? Or is she the perpetrator of an enormous financial fraud?
Not that this is the only dilemma facing Isabel: she also crosses swords again with her nemesis Professor Dove, in an argument over plagiarism. Her niece, Cat, of course, has a new, problematic man (a stunt man!) in her life. And Jamie - doting father of Charlie - is still pressing Isabel to solve his dilemma: getting her to marry him.
As always, there is no end to the delight in accompanying Isabel as she makes her way toward the heart of every problem: philosophizing, sleuthing, and downright snooping, in her inimitable - and inimitably charming – fashion.

Aleksandar Mekol Smit je britanski pisac rođen u Zimbabveu 1948. godine. Sa sedamnaest godina preselio se u Veliku Britaniju gde je na Univerzitetu u Edinburgu završio studije prava, a kasnije i doktorirao. Ubrzo je počeo da predaje na Univerzitetu Kvins u Belfastu i u to vreme se prvi put odvažio da pošalje svoje literarne tekstove (jedan roman za odrasle i jedan za decu) na književni konkurs. Pobedio je u kategoriji dečje književnosti. Otada je objavio brojne knjige, od stručne literature iz oblasti filozofije, medicinske etike, medicinskog i kriminalnog prava, do knjiga za decu, priča i romana za odrasle. Svetsku slavu stekao je prvim romanom o Mmi Ramocve – Prva damska detektivska agencija 1998. godine. Iz romana je nastao serijal koji do ovog trenutka obuhvata dvadeset i jedan nastavak.
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