At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (novel)
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At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances is a book by Scottish
author
and academic Alexander McCall Smith
, relating further matters in the life of the main character, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld
.
The Professor is a troubled German
academic whose life's achievement is the (fictional) book, Portuguese Irregular Verbs.
The book relates details of his troubled relationships with the other major characters of the book series, Professor Dr Dr (honoris causa) Florianus Prinzel and Professor Dr Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer, all at the fictional Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg, Germany; and, especially, his birthday, saving people's life, Colombia
, and annoying others.
The book consists of two longer stories, and reviewers say they can be read separately from the other books and each other.
The illustrations are by Iain McIntosh.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and academic Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late 20th century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees...
, relating further matters in the life of the main character, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld
Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld (character)
Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is the main character in a series of short, humorous novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith.In the books, Von Igelfeld is:*a "Professor Dr";...
.
The Professor is a troubled German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
academic whose life's achievement is the (fictional) book, Portuguese Irregular Verbs.
The book relates details of his troubled relationships with the other major characters of the book series, Professor Dr Dr (honoris causa) Florianus Prinzel and Professor Dr Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer, all at the fictional Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg, Germany; and, especially, his birthday, saving people's life, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, and annoying others.
The book consists of two longer stories, and reviewers say they can be read separately from the other books and each other.
The illustrations are by Iain McIntosh.
Book Series
This is one book of a series:- Portuguese Irregular Verbs (2003)
- The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (2003)
- At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003)