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Portuguese Irregular Verbs
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Dec 28th, 2004
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.10in - 0.40in - 0.25lb
- EAN: 9781400077083
- Categories: • Humorous - General• Satire• Literary
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Alexander McCall Smith has a world-class sense of the absurd, & his comic gift is matched by Hugh Laurie’s wildly anarchic reading. For the good of your soul, listen to “Portuguese Irregular Verbs”, “The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs”, et seq. Laugh till you cry with delight.
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Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and author.
Alexander McCall Smith has a world-class sense of the absurd, & his comic gift is matched by Hugh Laurie’s wildly anarchic reading. For the good of your soul, listen to “Portuguese Irregular Verbs”, “The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs”, et seq. Laugh till you cry with delight.