Talk:Alexander McCall Smith

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Contents 1 Dates 2 Return to Botswana 3 Books 4 Some material

[edit] Dates

Not sure about some of the dates on the list of books in this article, if anyone has a reliable source they could use checking. Ta. TB 16:14, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Return to Botswana

A sentence in the article says "After returning to Botswana to teach law [...]" - the choice of "returning" is confusing, as this is the first mention of Botswana in the article. - Kaare 15:43, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

You could have fixed it! I've tweaked the sentence, which is now a little less confusing. --Mike 14:38, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Books

I've added in some missing books to the "Academic Texts" section and fleshed out some details for ones that were already there. I've deleted two from the list: "Changing People: The Law and Ethics of Behavior Modification" (1994) may have been a work in progress at some point but appears never to have been published; I cannot find any confirmation of a book called "Health Resources and the Law" (1994), which appears to have been listed in error. 87.113.6.30 00:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some material

There is a McCall Smith interview here: http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/a-mccall-smitn-interview.htm which has some IMHO interesting material including on why he does not talk about AIDS in his books. --BozMo talk 06:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)