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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

by Alexander M Smith

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Publisher Comments:

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 The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, 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.

Review:

“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.” —Chicago Sun-Times
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781400095087
Author:
Smith, Alexander M
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Author:
Smith, Alexander McCall
Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander
Author:
Smith, Alexander McCall
Subject:
General
Subject:
College teachers
Subject:
Philologists
Subject:
Humorous fiction
Edition Description:
Anchor Books
Publication Date:
December 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
7.98x5.28x.34 in. .30 lbs.
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