{"product_id":"portuguese-irregular-verbs-alexander-mccall-smith","title":"Portuguese Irregular Verbs - Alexander McCall Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA deliciously entertaining new series by the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe many fans of Precious Ramotswe will find further cause for celebration in the protagonist of Alexander McCall Smith’s irresistibly funny trilogy, the eminent (if shamefully under-read) philologist Professor Dr. Mortiz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute at Regensburg. Unnaturally tall, hypersensitive to slights, and oblivious to his own frequent gaucheries, von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he knows is due him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortuguese Irregular Verbs follows the Professor from a busman’s holiday researching old Irish obscenities to a flirtation with a desirable lady dentist. In The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs , von Igelfeld practices veterinary medicine without a license, transports relics for a schismatically challenged Coptic prelate and is mobbed by marriage-minded widows on board a Mediterranean cruise ship. In At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances , the final novel in the trilogy, we find our hero suffering the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the slings of outrageous fortune in an eventful Columbian adventure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e128 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published January 1, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003e200g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terrier Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48317500850276,"sku":"9780676976793","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/4869\/4628\/files\/IMG_92812.jpg?v=1777243276","url":"https:\/\/terrierbooks.com\/en-us\/products\/portuguese-irregular-verbs-alexander-mccall-smith","provider":"Terrier Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}