Unusual uses for olive oil
Subtitle: a Professor Dr von Igelfeld entertainment novel
By: Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Iain McIntosh
Edition: Vintage Canada edition, 2013.
Series: The Portuguese irregular verbs series -- 4
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780676979558
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Fiction; Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld (Fictitious character); College stories; College teachers; Philologists
Description: Life is so unfair, and it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg.

There is the undeserved rise of his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer; the interminable ramblings of the librarian, Herr Huber; and the condescension of his colleagues with regard to his unmarried state. But when his friend Ophelia Prinzel takes it upon herself to match-make, and duly produces a cheerful heiress with her own Schloss, it appears that the professor's true worth is about to be recognised.

Maddening, idiotic and hugely entertaining, von Igelfeld is an inspired comic creation.
Notes: Issued also in electronic format.