{"product_id":"tiny-tales-9780593312971","title":"Tiny Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is often said that the best things in life come in small packages; anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection from the acclaimed author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight, accompanied by charming illustrations by Iain McIntosh.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTiny Tales, \u003c\/i\u003eAlexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness in thirty short stories accompanied by thirty witty cartoons designed by Iain McIntosh, McCall Smith’s longtime creative collaborator. Here we meet the first Australian pope, who hopes to finally find some peace and quiet back home in Perth; a psychotherapist turned motorcycle racetrack manager; and an aspiring opera singer who gets her unlikely break onstage. And, of course, we spend time in McCall Smith’s beloved Scotland, where we are introduced to progressive Vikings, a group of housemates with complex romantic ent","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525776515415,"sku":"9780593312971","price":13.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780593312971.jpg?v=1731861753","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tiny-tales-9780593312971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}