source: The Scotsman
By DAVID ROBINSON
BOOKS EDITOR
IF YOU drive south from Gabarone, the capital of Botswana, until the houses stop and the bush begins, you'll find yourself passing a building that used to be a garage.
When Edinburgh author Alexander McCall Smith used to drive past it, he was reminded of the fictional Speedy Motors garage in his No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, which has been translated into 44 languages and sold 15 million copies in English alone.
The writer has now taken over the building, and in June it will get a new lease of life – as Botswana's first opera house.
The signs for the No 1 Ladies Opera House have already been designed by Iain McIntosh, who illustrates McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series in The Scotsman.
A new floor has been put in, the roof repaired, the walls [continue reading]
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