MMA RAMOTSWE DETECTIVE
Auteur(s) : Alexander McCall Smith
Editeur : 10X18
Genre : GRANDS DETECTIVES
Date de parution : 30/11/2006
Présentation : Broché
Dimensions : 11X18 cm
Divorcée d'un mari trompettiste porté sur la bouteille, Precious Ramotswe est bien décidée à ne plus céder aux mirages de l'amour ! J.L.B. Matekoni, gentleman garagiste, lui fait pourtant les yeux doux mais l'inénarrable « Mma » a un projet en tête... Un beau jour, elle se jette à l'eau et ouvre à Gaborone, capitale du Botswana, son pays bien-aimé, la première agence de détectives strictement au féminin. En compagnie de son assistante, Mma Makutsi, elle déclare la guerre aux maris en fuite et aux escrocs sans vergogne. Ne reculant devant aucun danger, elle s'attaquera même à la sorcellerie, le grand tabou de l'Afrique. Mma Ramotswe mène ses enquêtes tambour battant, sous les yeux de son soupirant favori... et pour notre plus grand plaisir.
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The African-born author of more than 50 books, from children's stories (The Perfect Hamburger) to scholarly works (Forensic Aspects of Sleep), turns his talents to detection in this artful, pleasing novel about Mma (aka Precious) Ramotswe, Botswana's one and only lady private detective. A series of vignettes linked to the establishment and growth of Mma Ramotswe's "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" serve not only to entertain but to explore conditions in Botswana in a way that is both penetrating and light thanks to Smith's deft touch. Mma Ramotswe's cases come slowly and hesitantly at first: women who suspect their husbands are cheating on them; a father worried that his daughter is sneaking off to see a boy; a missing child who may have been killed by witchdoctors to make medicine; a doctor who sometimes seems highly competent and sometimes seems to know almost nothing about medicine. The desultory pace is fine, since she has only a detective manual, the frequently cited example of Agatha Christie and her instincts to guide her. Mma Ramotswe's love of Africa, her wisdom and humor, shine through these pages as she shines her own light on the problems that vex her clients. Images of this large woman driving her tiny white van or sharing a cup of bush tea with a friend or client while working a case linger pleasantly.
