The book "Conspiracy of Friends" — Александр Макколл СмитConspiracy of Friends. Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico is an oasis of old-fashioned civilisation, its inhabitants considerate and peace-loving. But beneath the polite exterior seismic change is stirring. Barbara Ragg makes an eye-popping discovery about her stolid Scottish suitors past, while Oedipus Snark - newly appointed and tirelessly self-interested Government Minister - has a close encounter in Switzerland that leaves him a new man all together. Then plucky canine Freddie de la Hay goes missing, and his owner, widower William French, is so shaken by an unexpected declaration of love that he seriously considers making a disappearance himself. Goodhearted, well-intentioned but often to be found barking up the wrong tree, the residents of Corduroy Mansions remain a thoroughly entertaining example to us all.
Пимлико является оазисом старомодной цивилизации, ее жители внимательны и миролюбивы. Барбара Рагг делает сногсшибательные открытия о ее флегматичном шотландском женихе, в то время как Эдип Снарк - недавно назначенный и неустанный министр правительства - имеет тесные встречи в Швейцарии... | 
