Mma Ramostwe's friend will persuade her to stand for election to the City
Council. ‘We need women like her in politics,’ Mma Potokwani says,
‘instead of having the same old men every time . . .’ To be elected, Mma
Ramotswe must have a platform and some policies. She will have to canvas
opinion. She will have to get Mma Makutsi's views. Her slogan is ‘I can't
promise anything – but I shall do my best’. Her intention is to halt the
construction of the Big Fun Hotel, a dubious, flashy hotel near a graveyard –
an act that many consider to be disrespectful. Mma Ramotswe will take the
campaign as far as she can, but lurking around the corner, as ever, is the
inextinguishable Violet Sephotho.
Author Biography
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of
subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the
world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been
translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor
Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary
doctorates from thirteen universities.