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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs - (Professor Dr Von Igelfeld) by Alexander McCall Smith (Paperback)

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs - (Professor Dr Von Igelfeld) by  Alexander McCall Smith (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment - Book 2<br></b><br><b>The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany. <p/></b>Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' 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 due-a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. <p/> In <b>The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs</b><i>, </i> 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 friend's 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"In 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." --<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Alexander McCall Smith</b> is Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and the author of over fifty books. These range from specialist titles such as <i>Forensic Aspects of Sleep</i> to <i>The Criminal Law of Botswana</i> and <i>The Children of Wax</i>, a collection of African folk tales. But he is best known for writing The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has achieved bestseller status on four continents.

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