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A girl marrying a lion? A beautiful woman who is really a leopard? A tree that can feed a family?

Let bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith whisk you off to a place where magic is ordinary and bizarre things happen everyday, in this weird, wonderful and sometimes very funny celebration of African folk tales.



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A collection of charm and tenderness * * Daily Telegraph * *
The most entertaining read of the year * * Guardian * *
Highly amusing, intelligent, and heart-warming * * Scotsman * *
Retold in his own deceptively elegant fashion, the simple moral truths of these brilliant stories shine through in a way that is wholesome and highly rewarding. * * Herald * *

The Girl Who Married A Lion: Folktales From

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    A Paperback / softback by Alexander McCall Smith, Naomi Holwill

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      Publisher: Canongate Books
      Publication Date: 07/07/2005
      ISBN13: 9781841957296, 978-1841957296
      ISBN10: 1841957291
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      Contemporary Fiction Books by Alexander McCall Smith

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A girl marrying a lion? A beautiful woman who is really a leopard? A tree that can feed a family?

      Let bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith whisk you off to a place where magic is ordinary and bizarre things happen everyday, in this weird, wonderful and sometimes very funny celebration of African folk tales.



      Trade Review
      A collection of charm and tenderness * * Daily Telegraph * *
      The most entertaining read of the year * * Guardian * *
      Highly amusing, intelligent, and heart-warming * * Scotsman * *
      Retold in his own deceptively elegant fashion, the simple moral truths of these brilliant stories shine through in a way that is wholesome and highly rewarding. * * Herald * *

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