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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. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics.

He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana.

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He lives in Scotland. The narrator was good, though, his accents decent and pronunciation of German names sounded good to my American ears. Nov 02, Margo Brooks rated it really liked it. A real giggle-fest for academics. The life and times of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria van Igelfeld and his German colleagues is hillarious because it is so close to the truth of academia. Written by the author of the No. Definately worth a read if you are overeducated, but don't take yourself too seriously. A fast, fun little read -- I found Professor Dr.

Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld's misadventures extremely disconcerting, which I imagine is the entire point of the thing. This is arranged with each chapter being a different vignette in Igelfeld's life, each just a few pages long. I'm not sure if I'll visit the character again in one of his other books, but I may -- the stories have a certain charm, although a little goes a long way. Jan 20, Rebecca rated it really liked it. This book was a delight. I was in somewhat of a funk before starting it, but by the time I got to Chapter 2, I was already feeling a lot lighter and happier.

Wodehouse, but more subtle and less slapstick-y. The main character is a pompous, self-absorbed, petty-minded German man who's a professor of linguistics or "philology," as he still insists upon calling it, which is funny in and of itself. His only real achievement, either professionally or personally, is the publication of a textbook titled Portuguese Irregular Verbs , which we're led to believe is immensely boring, dry, and trivial, so much so that it's only sold six copies in the two years since it was published leading his publisher to sell off the surplus inventory to a company that installs nicely-bound books into rich people's bookshelves, which of course deeply offends the professor.

And yet, the professor is so inordinately proud of his silly little book and is so egotistical and competitive about his work. He's also very proud of the von in his last name, believing it makes him a member of the forgotten German nobility, and he gets hilariously bent out of shape when one of his friends presumes to add a von to his own last name.

My favorite scene is when the main character and his uptight lemon of a mentor make a trip to Ireland to try and record some authentic snippets of Irish Gaelic for a research paper. The one old man in the village who still speaks Gaelic refuses to come out of his house or invite them inside, and instead yells out a stream of curses and vulgarities at them. The main character transcribes everything the man says as quickly as possible, and they return to do this for several more days, trying to get as much data as possible.

The dryness and seriousness with which the two professors approach the whole ridiculous ordeal is what really takes this scene into heights of comedic excellence. Another great scene involves the professor fretting over how to properly address one of his friend's dogs for the first time -- first names seem too informal for a first meeting, but surely there would be confusion if he addressed the dog as Herr Unterholzer, since that's already how he addresses his friend?

What is a good, rule-abiding German to do in this situation? Oh, and there's another great scene involving a face-off between the professor and an aggressive Italian innkeeper This book is smart and viciously funny in its mockery of academics and Germans , which I think any reader who has spent any amount of time in the academic world will appreciate.

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Highly recommended if you're feeling down. A solid three stars for this short and modestly amusing book. In a series of loosely related episodes, Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld moves from small triumphs to minor defeats and embarrassments and back again.

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His ponderings, which tend to focus on small professional rivalries, but sometimes wander into the theological and ontological, are both very plausible and mildly repellent. Igelfeld is fussy, often petty, and occasionally vindictive. His small intrigues almost invariably go wro A solid three stars for this short and modestly amusing book.

His small intrigues almost invariably go wrong for him, but still he manages to maintain an impressive and rather endearing self-confidence and optimism. He reminds me very much of Basil Fawlty, from the old BBC series, Fawlty Towers, only with unassailable equanimity replacing poor Basil's helpless fury and despair.

Infuriating, obnoxious, and hopelessly prone to the most absurd misfortunes and misunderstandings, you nevertheless find yourself sympathizing with Igelfeld and hoping that things will go well for him. Jul 25, Deb Readerbuzz Nance rated it really liked it Shelves: mystery. I like the simplicity, the kindness, the gentleness, the light humor, and the respect the author pays to each character in this story.

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Smith, author of the No. A friend, who I loaned one of the No. I know that is true.

But somehow it suits me. Feb 19, Michael rated it really liked it. The book was funny due to its satire of academics. The obscurity of Portugese Irregular Verbs could certainly be matched by the obscurity of my own Ph. I like this series about the German professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld who has made his mark on the world with the great scolaly work, Portuguese Irregular Verbs which sold some copies when it was published.

There is a bit of Frasier in him, as well as a bit of Wodehousian humor.

The first book is his back story, student years, and so on. He is well known in the world of philology scholars, but not so much beyond that. But he is so pompous that it is completely certain that he knows the who I like this series about the German professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld who has made his mark on the world with the great scolaly work, Portuguese Irregular Verbs which sold some copies when it was published.

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But he is so pompous that it is completely certain that he knows the whole world should revolve around him. McCall Smith takes this aspect completely to the limit. This was actually the second book I read in the series, I began with book nr. I think they stand pretty well on their own.

Pretty good stuff, but quite unlike his Nr. Igelfeld goes through much more slapstick situations. In reality, except for an occasional odd circumstance, it's not funny at all. Also, there's no real story here. Instead, we're treated to eight almost entirely unrelated vignettes showing us bits and pieces from an obscure academic's meaningless life. I guess this could have been almost tolerable, except for the first and last vignettes.

The first is entirely out of chronological order from the rest. As near as I can tell, it should have been positioned after all the rest. Plus, it's entirely pointless. The last vignette is entirely out of character from the rest of the book. For some reason, it's about Venice's water being radioactive. I have no idea if there's any historical basis for that I don't think there is , but regardless, why McCall Smith would have his philologist characters historical linguistic specialists become involved in this is beyond me.

Thus, I rate the book at a Pretty Bad 2 stars out of 5.

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