"But he is my son, thought Matthew's father. He may not be good for very much, but he's honest, he treats his parents with consideration, and he's my own flesh and blood. And it could be much worse: there were sons who caused their fathers much greater pain than that. He's a failure, he thought; but he's a good failure and he's my failure.
And for Matthew's part, he know that he was no businessman. He would have liked to have succeeded in the ventures that his father had planned for him, because he liked his father. My father may have the soul of a Rotarian, thought Matthew, but he's my Rotarian, and that's what counts."
(ur 44 Scotland Street, kapitel 4)
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Tillägg till ursprungsinlägget: Boken är skriven av Alexander McCall Smith.
Alexander McCall Smith? Jag har i alla fall fått tag på den första i serien om Damernas detektivbyrå, nu ska den bara klämmas in i läslistan också.
SvaraRaderaAlldeles rätt. Det är Alexander McCall Smith som har skrivit en hel serie om människorna på Scotland Street 44, varav detta är den första boken. Miss av mig att inte nämna hans namn i inlägget.
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