The 2 1/2 Pillars Of Wisdom

London: Abacus, 2004. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 195x125x30mm. 195x125x30mm+321g . . Abacus. London. 2004. . . . 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. Classical fiction. Modern fiction; Fiction; Humorous. Slight Tilt: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.00