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Lisette Lecat


Born
South Africa

South African-born Lisette Lecat has captivated scores of listeners with the adventures at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, where Mma Ramotswe parks her tiny white van. Whether describing bush tea or the wisdom of Botswanan morality, Lisette's reading enlivens author Alexander McCall Smith's keen understanding of "ubuntu"--loosely translated as "humanity towards others." Lisette shares a love of Africa in other resonant portrayals of African literature and history, including DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT, and works by Nadine Gordimer, Nancy Farmer, and Caroline Alexander. While sub-Saharan locales may be a specialty, Lisette brings a nuanced familiarity with place to other settings as well, drawing on her world travels and her knowl ...more

Average rating: 3.83 · 5,699 ratings · 1,223 reviews · 40 distinct works
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective...

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3.81 avg rating — 280,623 ratings — published 1998 — 78 editions
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Purple Hibiscus

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4.18 avg rating — 152,548 ratings — published 2003 — 188 editions
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A...

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3.67 avg rating — 144,720 ratings — published 2003
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Tears of the Giraffe

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3.98 avg rating — 62,553 ratings — published 2000 — 121 editions
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs ...

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3.97 avg rating — 59,110 ratings — published 2001
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Morality For Beautiful Girls

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3.99 avg rating — 47,235 ratings — published 2001 — 106 editions
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Kalahari Typing School for ...

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4.01 avg rating — 43,666 ratings — published 2002 — 94 editions
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The Full Cupboard of Life (...

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4.03 avg rating — 35,615 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions
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In the Company of Cheerful ...

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4.10 avg rating — 31,781 ratings — published 2004 — 79 editions
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Blue Shoes and Happiness (N...

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4.06 avg rating — 30,598 ratings — published 2006 — 75 editions
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