The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom
About the Book:
Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, has turned his hand to humour. The delightful result is a creation of comic genius. For in the unnaturally tall form of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, we are invited to meet a memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and of Inspecteur Clouseau’s hapless gaucherie.
Von Igelfeld inhabits the rarefied world of the Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg, a world he shares with his equally tall and equally ridiculous colleagues, Professors Florianus Prinzel and Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer. Their unlikely adventures are described in three deliciously funny instalments: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances.
Reviews
- ‘Very amusing.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
- ‘Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfield is a hilarious creation. His bufoonish adventures- whether he’s amputating legs of daschunds or assuming dictatorship of South American states- are packed full of wit.’ DAILY EXPRESS
Availability:
Paperback | ISBN: 9780349118505 | RRP: £7.99 (to be published 1st July 2010)
Audiobooks | The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom compiles three shorter books, Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and At The Villa of Reduced Circumstances; these titles are available separately as audiobooks, read by Hugh Laurie. Please see the audiobooks page for further details.
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