For seven-year-old Bertie Pollock life in Edinburgh's most celebrated fictional street has just got immeasurably better The enforced absence of his endlessly pushy mother Irene
- currently consciousness-raising in a Bedouin harem (don't ask)
- has manifold & immediate blessings no psychotherapy no Italian lessons & no yoga classes Bliss For Scotland Street's grown-ups life throws up some new dilemmas Matthew makes a discovery that could make him even richer but also leaves him worried Pat makes one that could make her poorer & her father miserable
- unless that uber-narcissist Bruce can help her out & the Duke of Johannesburg we discover isn't exactly who he says he is From what happens behind Edinburgh Airport's luggage carousel to Machiavellian manoeuvrings at the Association of Scottish Nudists Alexander Mc Call Smith guides us through the brighter lighter & frankly unexpected side of Edinburgh life As ever with his 44 Scotland Street series his readers will make their own discovery that its blend of wit & wisdom mark it out as a comedic tour de force