The Kalahari Typing School for Men

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Published February 26th 2004 by Abacus (first published 2002)

Category: Biography

Pages: 210 pages

ISBN: 9780349117041

Description:
Life is never without its problems. Will Precious RamotsweÕs delightfully cunning and profoundly moral methods save the day? Find out in this, the fourth volume in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series featuring Botswana's first and only lady detective.

Now that The No. 1 LadiesÕ Detective Agency (the only detective agency for ladies and others in Botswana) is established, its founder, Precious Ramotswe, can look upon her life with pride: sheÕs reached her late thirties ("the finest age to be"), has a house, two children, a good fiancŽ -- Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni -- and many satisfied customers. But life is never without its problems. It turns out that her adopted son is responsible for the dead hoopoe bird in the garden; her assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband and needs help with her idea to open the Kalahari Typing School for Men; yet Mma RamotsweÕs sexist rival has no trouble opening his Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency across town. Will Precious RamotsweÕs delightfully cunning and profoundly moral methods save the day? Follow the continuing story of BotswanaÕs first lady detective in the irresistible The Kalahari Typing School for Men.