McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- <br/><br/>
44 Scotland Street 
/ Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh 
 - New York  : Anchor Books / Random House  , c2005 
 - 325 p.  : illus.  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Pat, 21, is on her second "gap year" (her first yearlong break from her studies was such a flop she refuses to discuss it), employed at a minor art gallery and newly settled at the eponymous address, where she admires vain flatmate Bruce and befriends neighbor Domenica. A low-level mystery develops about a possibly valuable painting that Pat discovers, proceeds to lose and then finds in the unlikely possession of Ian Rankin, whose bestselling mysteries celebrate the dark side of Edinburgh just as Smith's explore the (mostly) sunny side. The possibility of romance, the ongoing ups and downs of the large, well-drawn cast of characters, the intricate plot and the way Smith nimbly jumps from situation to situation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1-4000-7944-6 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Young women----Fiction<br/>Art galleries, Commercial---Employees----Fiction<br/>Apartment houses----Fiction<br/>Roommates----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Edinburgh (Scotland)----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Humorous fiction<br/>Bildungsroman
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>MYS MCC