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As a mother, wife, employer and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, Isabel Dalhousie is aware that to be human is to be responsible. So when a neighbour brings her a new and potentially dangerous puzzle to solve, once again Isabel feels she has no option but to shoulder the burden. A masterpiece painting has been stolen from Duncan Munrowe, old-fashioned philanthropist, father to two discontented children, and a very wealthy man. As Isabel enters into negotiations with the shadowy figures who are in search of a ransom, a case where heroes and villains should be clearly defined turns murky: the list of those who desire the painting - or the money - lengthens, and hasty judgement must be avoided at all cost. Morals, it turns out, are like Scottish clouds: complex, changeable and tricky to get a firm grip on; they require a sharp observational eye, a philosophical mindset, and the habit of kindness. Fortunately for those around her, Isabel Dalhousie is in possession of all three.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
• Author: Alexander McCall Smith
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9780349138763
• ISBN: 0349138761
• ID: 01327751
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Weight: 180 g
• Dimensions: 195 × 124 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. August 2013

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