Portuguese irregular verbs - 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 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.