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Alexander mccall smith is also the author of the isabel dalhousie series, the portuguese irregular verbs series, and the 44 scotland street series. As the leading producer of books in scots written for children and young people, itchy. The series is named after the first novel, published in 1998. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the university of edinburgh and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. Smith had already published two more books centred on mma ramotswe.
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