The charming quirks of others
By: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Little, Brown; Pantheon
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781408702567; 9781408702574
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; School principals; Fiction
Description: Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and curious observer of the behaviour of her fellow man, is approached by a friend at a local boarding school that is planning to appoint a new headmaster; an anonymous letter has arrived suggesting that one of the shortlisted candidates has a compromising past.