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| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency "Smart and sassy...Precious' progress is charted in passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once."
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Now an HBO original series from The Weinstein Company/New Africa Films. Special 2-hour premiere on March 29 at 8pm, followed by new episodes for the next six consecutivew Sundays. Starring Jill Scott (as Precious Ramotswe), Anika Noni Rose (as Grace Makutsi), Lucian Msamati (JLB Matekoni), Idris Elba, and John Kani. Directed by Anthony Minghella from a screenplay by Richard Curtis and Minghella. Produced by Minghella and Sidney Pollack.
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Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.
"Enthralling.... [Mma Ramotswe] is someone readers can't help but love." --USA Today
"Characters...who are as familiar as neighbors and as welcome as the best of friends."
"The Miss Marple of Botswana."
"One of the most entrancing literary treats of many a year.... A tapestry of extraordinary nuance and richness."
About the Author Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana.
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