Portuguese Irregular Verbs

About “Portuguese Irregular Verbs”

The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series by Alexander McCall Smith follows the comic misadventures of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, an awkward yet determined academic at the Institute of Romance Philology in Germany. The novels satirize academic life through his ongoing but misguided efforts to gain recognition. In Portuguese Irregular Verbs, von Igelfeld learns to play tennis, starts a duel with a friend, and travels to Ireland, where he encounters archaic Irish language and develops a crush on a dentist. He also makes two Italian trips, one uncomfortable and the other perilous. The story is light-hearted and filled with humorous misunderstandings. The book was published in 1997.