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| Portuguese Irregular Verbs | 
 enlarge | Author: Alexander Mccall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 26189
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1400077087
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781400077083
ASIN: 1400077087
Publication Date: December 28, 2004
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Product Description
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.
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.
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 Von Igelfeld is not "Precious", but He's Interesting October 3, 2008
"Portugese Irregular Verbs" is the third or fourth series that Alexander McCall Smith has written. The "professor series" as I like to call them is not as immediately engaging as "The Number One Ladies Detective Agency" series, but a true McCall Smith fan will still find them enjoyable. In this series, McCall Smith captures some of the potential for pettiness that exists in all of our lives and we manage to see the Professor trying to handle his own petty temptations as well as the pettiness of others.
 Hey Alex! F--K U! Ya Irregular Dumb f--k author September 5, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I really must agree. this book is definitely a piece of sh-t book . what is up with the title? the author is either, A) an idiot who doesnt realize that he is an idiot. B) an idiot who doesnt mind being an idiot! or, C) the author is actually very slick, and knows that he can f--k people over by deceiving readers with irrelevant titles. I am also disgruntled by the title of the book. such a dishonest author. what a waste of time, energy and moeny. the author has no integrity. this is my only logical conclusion because that is the only reason why he would have entitled the book "verbs". hey alexander mc call Smith......F--k U! guys, dont by this book!
toilet paper! September 5, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
yes i agree! you really are an irregular dumb f--k. hahaha stupid title. i also thought that this book was a reference for the portuguese language. i hope this book doesnt make a dime!
 Disappointed August 31, 2008
Looking forward to a better story by Mr. Smith after reading the #l Ladies Detective Agency Series.
 Hilarious - great summer reading June 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first book by this author I've read. Anyone who is around academics should get a kick out of this parody of neurotic and self-absorbed academics plodding away at their own tiny slices of obscurity. This is a quick read, perfect for the plane or the beach.
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