Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream
A 44 Scotland Street Novel
$37.99
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2025
Summary
‘It’s like ice cream, Mr Flynn,’ Bertie continued. ‘When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven’t got any, you should share it, if you can.’
When despair for the world grows, Bertie’s theory of ice cream reminds us that it’s the simple pleasures in life that we should hold onto. And everyone’s favourite seven-year-old has a lot to put up with: at home, Irene is planning lessons on Irish Culture for Bertie; at school, he …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846977169 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846977169 |
| Author: | Alexander McCall Smith |
| Publisher: | Birlinn General |
| Imprint: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm x 20mm |
| Series: | 44 Scotland Street |
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Critics Review
‘a toast to the importance of the simple joys of life at a time of global despair’
– Sally McDonald * Sunday Post *‘A truly charming read’
* Scottish Field *‘Today there is hardly anyone who reads English at all who does not know and enjoy the doings of the denizens at that address and their friends and associates’
– Peter Costello * Irish Catholic *About The Author
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has 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. These 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.
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