Before we even have time to wonder if a Proustian torrent of sensual recollection is about to descend on our heads, though, the author sets the tone: “Mma Ramotswe had by no means forgotten her late white van,” he begins in his typically droll mode.
The opening chapter of Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel is titled The Memory Of Lost Things, and hints at much that is to follow.
Before we even have time to wonder if a Proustian torrent of sensual recollection is about to descend on our heads, though, the author sets the tone: “Mma Ramotswe had by no means forgotten her late white van,” he begins in his typically droll mode.