Bibliograph

Portuguese irregular verbs, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh

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Label

Portuguese irregular verbs, Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Portuguese irregular verbs

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

680709466

Responsibility statement

Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh

Summary

Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology 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 ingatuation with a dentist fatale. Along the way, he takes two ill-fated Italian sojourns, the first merely uncomfortable, the second defintitely dangerous

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