Portuguese irregular verbs / Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh.
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TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2005.Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: 128 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: - 1400077087 (pbk.)
- 9781400077083 (pbk.)
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Main Library | Fiction | McCall Smith, Alexander | PM 1 | Available | 33111005522715 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due--a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray.
In Portuguese Irregular Verbs , Professor Dr von Igelfeld learns to play tennis, and forces a college chum to enter into a duel that results in a nipped nose. He also takes a field trip to Ireland where he becomes acquainted with the rich world of archaic Irishisms, and he develops an aching infatuation with a Dentist fatale. Along the way, he takes two ill-fated Italian sojourns, the first merely uncomfortable, the second definitely dangerous.
"A professor Dr von Igelfeld entertainment"--Cover.
Originally published: Edinburgh: Polygon, 2003.