Alexander McCall Smith. (2012). Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams. Grove Atlantic.

Alexander McCall Smith. 2012. Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams. Grove Atlantic.

Alexander McCall Smith, Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams. Grove Atlantic, 2012.

Alexander McCall Smith. Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams. Grove Atlantic, 2012.

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   • bioText: Alexander McCall Smith is best known for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, beloved New York Times and international best sellers. A practicing professor of medical law and the author of over fifty books, ranging from children's fiction to folktales to The Criminal Law of Botswana, he lives in Edinburgh.
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Short stories inspired by the ancient Celtic god of love and youth, from the New York Times–bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
 
Angus is one of the earliest Celtic deities and one of the most cherished to this day. Like an even more handsome combination of Apollo and Eros, he is the god of love, youth, and beauty. Just the sight of him has made people fall in love, and he has the power to reveal a person’s true love in a dream, if asked politely.
 
Alexander McCall Smith has turned his storytelling talents to crafting a collection of short fiction from this Irish mythology. Five contemporary fables of love lost and found unfold alongside Angus’s search for the beautiful Caér, the swan maiden he met in his dreams. McCall Smith mesmerizingly unites reality and dreams, today and the ancient past, leaving the reader to wonder: what is life but the pursuit of dreams?
 
“Smith fluidly weaves in contemporary vignettes of the dream god’s benevolent influence, touching the lives of honeymooners on a windswept northern island; of a teenage boy sent away to boarding school in Scotland who tricks his mother into revealing who his true father is; and of a Toronto woman bereft at the discovery that her husband is having an affair. Angus, who presides over love and youth is also, it turns out, kindly to pigs. He is nicely reimagined in this spare, polished work.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“This slim, elegant volume is further evidence of [Smith’s] consummate ability to blend wit, wisdom, and heart.” —Booklist (starred review)

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   • source: Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, Entertainment Weekly
   • content: “Canongate's laudable series . . . is a wonderful exercise for authors and readers. . . . 'Is There a Place for Pigs There?' and 'I Dream of You' are indeed worth losing sleep over. B+"
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   • source: Publishers Weekly
   • content: “Elegant . . . Smith fluidly weaves in contemporary vignettes . . . Spare, polished."
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   • content: “Dream Angus consists of five fables that tell of Angus' quest, penned with insight, wonder, eros, and the mesmerizing rapture of dreams that connect with reality. A buoyant and sensuously enjoyable fantasy."
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   • source: The Columbus Dispatch
   • content: "Each story is compelling."
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   • source: The New York Times
   • content: “McCall Smith's generous writing and dry humor, his gentleness and humanity, and his ability to evoke a place and a set of characters without caricature or condescension have endeared his books . . . to readers."
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   • source: The Wall Street Journal
   • content: “One of the most entrancing literary treats of many a year . . . A tapestry of extraordinary nuance and richness."
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   • source: San Francisco Chronicle
   • content: “McCall Smith's assessments of fellow humans are piercing and profound."
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   • source: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) on Blue Shoes and Happiness
   • content: “The best, most charming, honest, hilarious, and life-affirming books to appear in years."
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   • source: Booklist (starred review) on Blue Shoes and Happiness
   • content: “McCall Smith renders brisk, seamless tales that are both wry and profound. Amidst the mayhem . . . are eloquent descriptions of the serene African country that holds a special place in his heart."
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    • source: Los Angeles Times Book Review on Blue Shoes and Happiness
    • content: “Beguiling, lyrical . . . Blessed with McCall Smith's richly detailed portraits of life in Africa
      and his flair for storytelling with an engaging cast of fully realized characters."
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    • source: Publishers Weekly (starred review) on In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
    • content: “[A] consistently delightful series . . . McCall Smith . . . renders colorful characters. . . . Amid the hilarious scenarios and quiet revelations are luminous descriptions of Botswana, land of wide-open spaces and endless blue skies."
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    • source: Rocky Mountain News on In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
    • content: “Put on the teakettle, find your place in the sun and settle in for a genteel journey. . . . McCall Smith has brewed up a gem of a story as rich as . . . red bush tea."
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    • source: The Globe and Mail
    • content: “Reader, be warned: This is not your ordinary detective novel. . . . The Kalahari Typing School for Men maintains the breezy-to-read, gentle tone of Smith's previous work, and leaves us wanting more adventures ASAP."
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    • source: Chicago Sun-Times
    • content: “The Kalahari Typing School for Men [is] simply charming in the extreme. . . . This series' huge appeal lies in its mannerly folk wisdom and wry, gentle humor, full of wit, nuance and caring. It's an oasis in a genre that too often seems a desert of violence and inhumanity."
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    • source: The Seattle Times on The Kalahari Typing School for Men
    • content: “This loosely woven novel is as beguiling as Alexander McCall Smith's earlier books about
      the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. His prose is deceptively simple, with a gift for evoking
      the earth and sky of Africa."
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      August 21, 2006
      The bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and the 44 Scotland Street novels has always included one-offs and detours in his oeuvre (including The Criminal Law of Botswana
      ). Here, he turns in an elegant contemporary reworking of the ancient Celtic myth of the dream-giver god, Angus, familiar from Yeats's poetry. Lovely, fair Angus is the son of the terrible club-wielding god, Dagda, who sired the boy by ravishing the lovely water nymph Boann. The young boy who charms birds and inspires marvelous dreams is soon snatched from his mother and raised by Dagda's other son, the grown Midir. After some trials, Angus eventually learns who his true father is and tricks Dagda into relinquishing power. Smith fluidly weaves in contemporary vignettes of the dream god's benevolent influence, touching the lives of honeymooners on a windswept northern island; of a teenage boy sent away to boarding school in Scotland who tricks his mother into revealing who his true father is; and of a Toronto woman bereft at the discovery that her husband is having an affair. Angus, who presides over love and youth is also, it turns out, kindly to pigs. He is nicely reimagined in this spare, polished work.

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      October 23, 2006
      Angus is a god of dreams and love, and the Celtic mythology spun around his life and acts is cherished in both Ireland and Scotland. Clearly aware of the ramifications of taking sides, Page delivers his narration in a studiously neutral British voice. However, it is no surprise that the Scottish Smith, who currently writes two Edinburgh-based series, sets the five contemporary stories that parallel Angus's life in Scotland. For these sections, Page rolls out a hearty Scottish brogue and performs the characters in a lively fashion. Page is less successful with the narrative voice itself. The story is told from the perspective of Angus's mother, Boann, a water nymph. The peacefulness and sweetness of mother and son, combined with Page dropping his voice for the end of each sentence, might lull the listener into the dream state so favored by Angus. Nevertheless, this is one audio the entire family can listen to: it's perfect for a long winter evening by the fire with some hot cocoa. Simultaneous release with the Canongate hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 21).

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Alexander McCall Smith has turned his storytelling talents to crafting a collection of short fiction from this Irish mythology. Five contemporary fables of love lost and found unfold alongside Angus’s search for the beautiful Caér, the swan maiden he met in his dreams. McCall Smith mesmerizingly unites reality and dreams, today and the ancient past, leaving the reader to wonder: what is life but the pursuit of dreams?
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