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Monday, 15 October 2012 09:20

Event Spotlight - Alexander McCall Smith

Event Spotlight - Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall-Smith joins us on Saturday evening to present his new novel, Trains and Lovers.  In a departure from his recent work, McCall-Smith introduces us to a novel that follows a group of passengers on an Edinburgh–London train journey, as the name suggests, it’s about trains and love…

Imagine you’re on a train. Think about all the other people on the train with you, what their lives are or have been, and the different experiences you’ve all had. But there is one more thing that you undoubtedly all share: you have all been in love at one time or another. In this surprising and poignant story, four strangers meet on a journey from Edinburgh to London. Each has a tale of love and of railways: for Mark, a brief encounter on a railway platform leads to an impulsive and possibly dangerous decision; Kay recounts the long journey back to her childhood home in Australia and the love that was there; David remembers a teenage friendship that faded into love; and Michael makes a discovery that art and people may not be what they seem to be at first glance. These are very different experiences, but throughout them all runs a deep current of love. Loving others, as one of the characters observes, is the good thing we do in our lives.

About the Author 

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law, then, after the publication of his highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world.

His works include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in The Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.

Follow Alexander McCall Smith on Twitter @McCallSmith

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