Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Name: Portuguese Irregular Verbs
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (20 reviews)
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
ISBN: 9781440795534

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Series: Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld #1

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Satire

Synopsis

From the New York Times best-selling creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and winner of the inaugural Saga Award for Wit, comes the first novel starring distinguished philologist Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. Von Igelfeld is the world's leading scholar on Portuguese irregular verbs. But in other matters - such as tennis against equally dreadful opponents and the arranging of fencing duels - he is not nearly so skilled. Yet that does not stop him from having a go at life, and the results are always humorous.

About Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sally on March 29, 2008

I gave this book 5 stars based on how hard I laughed while reading--actually, listening. I mention the listening, because I am convinced that listening is the key to enjoying this pithy little book. It it one the wittiest treats I've ever read, and I was stunned when most of my book club rejected it......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on April 15, 2008

I really don't know what to do with these books, which are intermittantly hilarious, but so atrociously muddled in plot that they are disatisfying. Perhaps this is the point--they are post-modern reminders that life doesn't happen within a narrative arc, but to my fairly modernist mind, this is only......more