{"product_id":"corduroy-mansionsbooks","title":"Corduroy Mansions","description":"\u003cb\u003eCORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London’s hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world’s most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteel, crumbling mansion block in London’s vibrant Pimlico neighborhood and the home turf of a captivating collection of quirky and altogether McCall-Smithian characters. There’s the middle-aged wine merchant William, who’s trying to convince his reluctant twenty-four-year-old son, Eddie, to leave the nest; and Marcia, the boutique caterer who has her sights set on William. There’s also the (justifiably) much-loathed Member of Parliament Oedipus Snark; his mother, Berthea, who’s writing his biography and hating every minute of it; and his long-suffering girlfriend, Barbara, a literary agent who would like to be his wife (but, then, she’d like to be almost anyone’s wife). There’s the vitamin evangelist, the psychoanalyst, the art student with a puzzling boyfriend and Freddie de la Hay, the Pimlico terrier who insists on wearing a seat belt and is almost certainly the only avowed vegetarian canine in London.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFilled with the ins and outs of neighborliness in all its unexpected variations, \u003ci\u003eCorduroy Mansions\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the life, laughter and humanity that have become the hallmarks of Alexander McCall Smith’s work.","brand":"McCall Smith, Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44048816865504,"sku":"","price":12.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4cd4a9c7-5aa7-4b0f-872a-502a0a1ed627.jpg?v=1686418305","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/corduroy-mansionsbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}