Dumela Mma…Dumela Rra…
I was back in Botswana for the last two weeks…reading four more novels
in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series written by Alexander
McCall Smith and catching up with the redoubtable detective Precious Ramotswe,
her assistant detective Grace Makutsi, Mma Ramotswe’s long-time fiancé and now
husband Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the owner of Speedy Motors, his two wayward
apprentices, the matron of the orphan farm, the formidable Mma Potokwani…and so
many other lively people out there in Botswana…
In one of my previous posts, I had written about my first tryst with
this series…I had bought and read five novels in this series (separately, not
in one go…) and it was so loooonnnng ago…
Though the cases in the novels are not interlinked, and each novel
stands on its own, there is a continuity on terms of the lives of the main
characters that connects one novel to the next in the series. I realised this when I read In the
Company of Cheerful Ladies and discovered that Precious Ramotswe and Mr
J. L. B. Matekoni are married. I knew
that they were engaged for a long time, but didn’t know when they got
married. I searched around and found a chronological
list and then I saw I had read the sixth in the series (In the Company of
Cheerful Ladies) and had missed reading the fifth The Full
Cupboard of Life (I didn’t have therefore, couldn’t read!!!)…
I wanted to fill this gap and thought its been a long time since I visited
Botswana and spent time in the company of the cheerful ladies…and other gentle
people who make this series come alive. I
went to my trustworthy and favourite online store www.indiaplaza.com and placed orders for The
Full Cupboard of Life, Blue Shoes and Happiness, The Good Husband of Zebra
Drive, and The Miracle at Speedy Motors…I received these
4 novels in 2 instalments and I finished them off one by one…like a famished
reader…
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