Lonely Planet: Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

by Alexander McCall Smith, Isabel Allende, Joyce Carol Oates, Authors Various, James Millar (Narrated by)

Overview

A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world’s best novelists, including: Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht, DBC Pierre, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620646007
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	02/05/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Alexander McCall Smith is best known for his charming No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, featuring Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. A prolific writer, McCall Smith is the author of more than 100 books, including Emma, his modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic, as well as the 44 Scotland Street series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, and others. His books have appeared on bestseller lists around the world and have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Hometown:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of Birth:

August 24, 1948

Place of Birth:

Zimbabwe

Website:

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/index.html