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AIDS in Alexander McCall Smith's work?
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Apr 10, 2012 05:57PM
I've only read The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Does he address HIV/AIDS at all in this series? Thanks.
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He does, but quite a bit later in the series and only obliquely, if I remember correctly. I have not read the latest ones, though.
yes, Mma Makudzi, the secretary, has a brother who dies of AIDS and there is quite a bit of reflection on the topic by that character in some of the later books. But there are no characters in the books who are HIV/AIDS patients that I remember.
I mean, Mma Makudzi remembers her brother and reflects back on his illness.
