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The Private Side of Friendship

Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: James Rottger
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Featured on BBC Radio 4's Take Four Books

Six friends. One city. The time of their lives.

It’s 1988, and on the verge of a reunion with friends she hasn’t seen since graduation, Julie recalls her halcyon student days of 1984 and the strange tumultuous time they lived through.

The friends—each from a very different background—are living in a gorgeous terraced flat in their Edinburgh idyll. As they navigate relationships and the unspoken rules of flat sharing, the troubled world all around them seems rather distant. But in the nearby hometown of one of the flatmates, the Miners' Strike is bringing about a huge political shift.

Despite their differences, can these six strangers help each other see the world from a different perspective? Is there such a thing as being too close? And what are the limits of love between friends?

"Pushing into new territory ... [a] typically thoughtful and entertaining novel."—THE SCOTSMAN

©2025 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2026 Recorded Books
20th Century Friendship Genre Fiction Historical World Literature
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