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Tears of the Giraffe

novel by Alexander McCall Smith
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Tears of the Giraffe

Summary

Tears of the Giraffe is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tears of the Giraffe authored Alexander McCall Smith[3].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Tears of the Giraffe was published by Birlinn Limited[5].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's genre is mystery fiction[6].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's genre is detective fiction[7].
  • Tears of the Giraffe followed The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency[8].
  • Tears of the Giraffe was followed by Morality for Beautiful Girls[9].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's part of the series is recorded as The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency[10].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[12].
  • Tears of the Giraffe was published on 2000[13].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's has edition or translation is recorded as Tears of the Giraffe[14].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tears of the Giraffe'}[15].
  • Tears of the Giraffe's form of creative work is recorded as novel[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4f65d85b-95c4-496b-a9c5-3fda5ad26114[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Tears of the Giraffe authored Alexander McCall Smith[3]. It was published by Birlinn Limited[5].

Publication

Tears of the Giraffe was published on 2000[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include mystery fiction[6] and detective fiction[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency[10].

Subject and Themes

Tears of the Giraffe's part of the series is recorded as The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Tears of the Giraffe followed The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency[8]. It was followed by Morality for Beautiful Girls[9].

Why It Matters

Tears of the Giraffe ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Alexander McCall Smith literary work Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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