The Lost Language of Oysters

A light-hearted campus caper of pedantry and petty jealousies, the novel is the latest in a long tradition that includes the late Kingsley Amis, Malcolm Bradbury and David Lodge * Sunday Post *Scotland’s most prolific author’s trademark gentle wit and appetite for the absurd are once again in evidence in this charming tale of academic rivalry and ill-fated infatuation… marvellous * Scottish Field *Of all the characters Alexander McCall Smith has dreamed up over the years, the German academic Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is my favourite… an irresistible figure of fun… It’s impossible not to root for him * Scotsman *

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world’s longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

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