The 2 ½ Pillars of Wisdom
ISBN:
9780349118505
Publisher:
Abacus (Little, Brown)
Publication Date:
first published 03 August 2004 by Abacus (Little, Brown)
An omnibus edition of the first three novels in the Von Igelfeld / Portuguese Irregular verbs series
This is a wonderful 3-book omnibus detailing the exploits of Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. His unlikely adventures with his colleagues, Professors Florianus Prinzel and Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer are described in three deliciously funny installments: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances.
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“Filled with comic characters, all academics of a particularly stripe … McCall Smith has the same gift that John Mortimer has in making boring conversations hilarious—the atmosphere in the Institute of Romance Philology’s coffee room is very like the one-upmanship and backbiting in Horace Rumpole’s chambers. Academia can be a hoot, and this series proves it”
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