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Violence
None
No violence; the investigation involves cheating in sport rather than crime
Language
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No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The specific disappointment of discovering that someone in your community is willing to cheat at something that matters to the group; Mma Ramotswe's patient uncovering of the obvious
What this book is about
A client hires Mma Ramotswe because his football team is losing far more than it should — and he suspects someone is deliberately undermining the players. The investigation takes Mma Ramotswe into the world of amateur Botswana football, where the passions are genuine and the stakes, while not high by some measures, are high enough to motivate someone to cheat. Alexander McCall Smith's tenth No. 1 Ladies' novel uses the football setting to examine how competitive pressure can corrupt even the gentlest communities.
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