Espresso Tales - 44 Scotland Street, Bk 2 - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Alexander McCall Smith, Robert Ian Mackenzie (Narrator) With its multiple-occupancy flats, Scotland Street is an interesting corner of the city, verging on the Bohemian, where haute bourgeoisie rub shoulders with students and the more colorful members of the intelligentsia. — Back are all our favorite denizens of a converted Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie, the immensely talented six-year-old,... more » is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor and, between admiring glances in the mirror, is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at Edinburgh University and perhaps on a new relationship, courtesy of Domenica, her witty and worldly-wise neighbor. In any event, he couldn't be less suitable than her ill-fated flirtation with Bruce.