Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Chronicles 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.

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.

• Author
• Alexander McCall Smith

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 153

• Series
• Portuguese Irregular Verbs

• Publisher
• Random House Large Print Publishing

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780739325674

• Characters
• Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld

• Settings
• Regensburg: Holy Roman Empire

• Genres
• fiction, humor, mystery, literature, comedy, contemporary, audiobook, novels

• Release date
• 2006