Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander Mccall Smith
September 10th 2006 04:36
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander Mccall Smith
Alexander Mccall Smith came into prominence with Mma Ramotswe detective series set in Botswana, a hugely popular series. He lives in Edinburgh and there is a touch of old-fashioned chivalry about him, as if he is determined to preserve the genteel ways in a world fast moving into perdition of drabness. He even writes a novel that is serialised regularly in the The Scotsman.
His novel Friends, Lovers, Chocolate is a standalone romance set in Edinburgh. Its heroine Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher with money. She edits an ethics journal for having something to do but is more than a bit contrite about the vast sums of money she has. Her niece runs a delicatessen and when she goes on a vacation asks her aunt to take over. Which is a dicey proposition because her niece’s ex-boyfriend, the handsome Jamie is more than a bit interested in her and that is making her a bit nervous. But there’s more adventure to come.
The novel had an inviting title and a promising romantic plot. I confess I am a huge sucker for romance. But once I started reading I was very much disappointed. Imagine chocolate made by amateur cooks and the light runny stuff that comes as a result. Well, it feels something like that. In the end, the novel has nothing to recommend except the geniality of its author and that’s not nearly enough.
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