β Scribed by Smith, Alexander McCall
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
βIn the halls of academe, a setting fraught with ego-driven battles for power and prestige [Alexander McCall Smith] has rendered yet another one-of-a-kind character: the bumbling but brilliant Dr. Mortiz-Maria von Igelfeld . . . . [a] deftly rendered trilogy [with] endearingly eccentric characters.β β_Chicago Sun-Times_
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladiesβ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. 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 dueβa quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray.
In The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs*,* Professor Dr. Von Igelfeld is mistaken for a veterinarian and not wanting to call attention to the faux pas, begins practicing veterinary medicine without a license. He ends up operating on a friendβs dachshund to dramatic and unfortunate effect. He also transports relics for a schismatically challenged Coptic prelate, and is pursued by marriage-minded widows on board a Mediterranean cruise ship.
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In this the second of a three part series, von Igelfeld goes on an American author tour where he is forced to present a lecture on the finer points of sausage dogs.
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 LadiesΠ²Πβ’ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Ig