false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175590485m/533592.jpg 533592 8 Welcome to the insane and rarefied world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due&#8211;a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. <br><br>In <b>At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances</b>, Professor Dr. von Igelfeld gets caught up in a nasty case of academic intrigue while on sabbatical at Cambridge. When he returns to Regensburg he is confronted with the thrilling news that someone from a foreign embassy has actually checked his masterwork, <b>Portuguese Irregular Verbs</b>, out of the Institute&#8217;s Library. As a result, he gets caught up in intrigue of a different sort on a visit to Bogota, Colombia. 1005170 2003 At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (Portuguese Irregular Verbs, #3) total:646|5:125|4:203|3:226|2:68|1:24| 646 2275 857 80 3 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 18:55:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 18:55:29 -0700 2009 At The Villa of Reduced Circumstances, one might be led to believe that Professor Dr von Igelfeld is a wholly unpleasant man.

“On Being Light Blue” portrays a stoic German professor, taking sabbatical in England, making unspoken judgm...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 11:12:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 19:07:39 -0700 2009
"There are amongst us stil...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 13:06:22 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 14:09:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 15:38:58 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 07:56:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 10 20:55:57 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 20:56:32 -0800 2009 Portuguese Irregular Verbs trilogy, which I finished mostly out of stubbornness. I liked this final volume better than the second—the trip to Cambridge included some amusing observations about the English—but it was still rather blah. All in all, the whole series could be said to be...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:02:43 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:07:36 -0700 2009 Pnin by Nabokov. It is mainly making fun of the obtuseness of academia. The last section takes makes a serious foray into political satire as the main character travels to Columbia. This was a more entertaining read than I was expectin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 09 14:32:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 21:08:40 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 21:13:52 -0800 2008
The main character...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:18:34 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:21:05 -0700 2009
I really wanted to like this book since I enjoy Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency b...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 10:29:22 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 08:46:49 -0700 2009
This is another one that I totally recommend on audiobook. ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 18:48:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 18:55:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 04 11:37:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 11:40:46 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 16:22:45 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 07:54:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 10:22:43 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 10:24:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 22:34:32 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 22:35:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:16:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:17:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:26:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:28:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 20:30:33 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 20:31:04 -0700 2007 The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainments series

The irresistible wit of New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith has won over countless fans. His subtle humor and enchanting characterizations are fully on display in At the Villa of Reduce...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 19 08:19:58 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 08:20:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 12:40:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:41:36 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=533592