The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 8) | 
| Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
Publisher: Pantheon
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 23473
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 0375422730
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780375422737
ASIN: 0375422730
Publication Date: April 17, 2007
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Condition: A nice ex-library copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear except for a few library markings. Mylar over dustjacket. Binding solid and tight. No creases.
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In the life of Precious Ramotswe–a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build–there is rarely a dull moment, and in the latest installment in the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series there is much happening on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road. Mma Ramotswe is experiencing staffing difficulties. First Mr. J.L.B. Mate-koni asks to be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as successfully as the number one lady detective can? Then she has a minor falling-out with her assistant, Mma Makutsi, who decides to leave the agency, taking the 97 percent she received on her typing final from the Botswana Secretarial College with her.
Along the way, Mma Ramotswe is asked to investigate a couple of tricky cases. Will she be able to explain an unexpected series of deaths at the hospital in Mochudi? And what about the missing office supplies at a local printing company? These are the types of questions that she is uniquely well suited to answer.
In the end, whatever happens, Mma Ramotswe knows she can count on Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, who stands for all that is solid and true in a shifting world. And there is always her love for Botswana, a country of which she is justifiably proud.
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 "What then?" August 1, 2008
"Everybody forgave one another and started again, which, Mma Ramotswe reflected, is how many of the world's problems might be solved. We should forgive one another and start all over again. But what if those who needed to be forgiven hung on to the things that they had wrongly acquired: What then? That, she decided, was a matter that would require further thought."
The main case Mma Ramotswe undertakes in this tale is to find out if the rudest woman's husband in Gaborone is having an affair and with whom. Many things happen at the agency. Employees come and go, start their own businesses, and the agency runs out of red bush tea!!! Catastrophe in the office!
I had many chuckles reading this. My favorite story was how the number one lady's detective agency taxi service came about, how it ceased to be....
Wonderful People, Wonderful Place August 1, 2008
The books in Smith's "Ladies' Number 1 Detective Agency" series are a treasure. When you read the first page of any of them you are transported to a wondrous society where almost everyone is nice, where old values predominate, where courtesy and dignity prevail, where subtle humor and timeless wisdom frame everyday life. It's not a fairy land -- it's Botswana. And Smith writes of this magic place with love and familiarity. As in the earlier books, this one is peopled with wonderful characters, each with a unique character and each having the strengths and weaknesses of the human animal. But the REAL magic is in how Smith structures his stories and builds in suspense and insight in such a fashion that the reader is totally entranced. This series started off excellent and has improved with each book, although I must say this one, albeit a wonderful book, is not the best of the series. But no matter. The "#1 Ladies" books are classics and will remain so for a long time. Each is a gem and each takes you away, for ever so short a time, from our crazy world and puts us in a place where sanity reigns. This book is no exception
Lovely July 2, 2008
Eighth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
The big case in this installment concerns three unexplained deaths at a local hospital--three people have died unexpectedly in the same bed, at the same time of day. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni decides he is tired of being a mechanic and takes over a case of a cheating husband. All does not go quite as planned. Mma Makutsi resigns in preparation for being a married rich lady, but her newfound freedom doesn't live up to her expectations either. And Charlie, well he is just as irresponsible as ever.
In seeking to improve their lives and try new things, these characters realize that they've had it pretty good all along...
Another wise and wonderful book from Alexander McCall Smith. Highly recommended!
 And the story continues... May 18, 2008
While this addition to the "No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" saga begins a little more slowly than its predecessors (in my humble opinion), Smith continues to deliver the wit and wisdom of Mma Ramotswe in an entertaining and enlightening fashion. Another delight for the heart and mind.
 Disappointing May 11, 2008
I usually quite enjoy the Number One Ladies' stories, but all the time while reading this one, I kept wondering if the author was actually going to use the old Urban Myth ([...]) about the mysterious deaths at the South African hospital. I told myself he surely wasn't going to recreate that old racist canard in fictive form, but was mistaken; if the author had heard the tale, as clearly he had, he must have been aware that its strength as a meme was due, in the US at least, to a certain segment of society's sense of racial superiority. Why he injected that kind of baggage into an otherwise lovely tale perplexes me.
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