ronald_schoedel 's review for:

Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith

4.0

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Alexander McCall Smith meets slapstick, with a moral to the the tale, of course. It's a bit of an odd combination, and it felt sort-of "off". But I appreciated that the comic situations in which our protagonist found himself led to the realization at the end of the book that he is comfortable with who he is, and in this respect, the book offers us a chance, as do most of Mr McCall Smith's books, a chance to empathize and increase our own understanding of humanity, and to live and let live, where others' ideas about what's best for themselves don't always align with society's expectations.