A review by andrew61
The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith

3.0

This is the fourth in a series and with very small sections makes a perfect book to read with my sandwich al lunch. The stories expand on the lives of the residents of Scotland Street in Edinburgh from bertie who at 6 years old has to cope with his appalling mother as well as a new brother, to Angus lordie whose dog cyril is about to be put down until bertie comes to his rescue . These are gentle sketches far removed from the Edinburgh of Ian rankin and Irvine welsh but enjoyable in their own way.