The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

This is an excellent story about Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the institute of Romance Philology whose quest to gain respect for his intellectual interests goes awry in a hilarious number of ways. The professor has written a book on Portuguese Irregular Verbs, but somehow ends up lectur......more

A satirical novel by the author of the Mma Ramotswe-series. The book is full of British humor, making fun of the quirks of academics, Germans and aristocratic snobbiness. It wasn’t as amusing as I had been hoping, but I still found it an ok read. 2.5 stars, upgraded. ------------------------------------......more

Warning: although this is a funny book with a pompous professor, it has an extreme bit with animal cruelty. So, if you are sensitive to that, even when it is supposed to be Monty Python funny, skip this book. That being said, there are some funny parts, especially the last skit with the professor o......more

The second, and perhaps best, of the three novellas in the Professor Doktor von Igelfeld trilogy (published together in Britain, but not here, under the felicitous title "The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom"). Little gems of academic satire! Here's a snippet for my academic friends (they'll get it): He sighe......more