num_pages: 294
description: Once more we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith . . .Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother Irene is over. She has returned from the middle-east only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons movies and Irn Bru and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband Stuart. Meanwhile Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper and Bertie decides he wants to move out of Scotland Street altogether and live with his grandmother Nicola.Can Irene and Stuart's marriage survive? Will Bruce's newfound love last? And will Bertie really leave Scotland Street? Find out in the next instalment of this charming beloved series.NOTE: On page 1 of this book and elsewhere the Turner Prize has been misprinted as the Turner Prise; no disrespect to the prize was intended. The problem is due to a computer error whereby words ending in -ize e.g. size or seize have been changed to -ise endings. The publishers apologise and hope these errors do not spoil readers' enjoyment.
language: English
title: The Bertie Project
publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited