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    <body><![CDATA[One of the funniest reads around - the subtlety of some of the recurring themes ... sausage dogs ... Wagner ... the petty rivalries ... just when you feel it's safe, suddenly you find yourself rolling on the floor at some new hilarious irony. I will never be able to look at a sausage dog the same ag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81208230">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an entertaining read. I enjoyed the commentary on German academia. Alexander McCall Smith obviously knows how to write, but I still feel like he could do more. There was one particularly amazing part in the book, in which he talks about the Irish landscape, and it was written in absolutely ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65005582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom collects the three volumes of McCall Smith's Portuguese Irregular Verbs trilogy: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances. These three are linked by an unlikely (and often unlikeable) protagonist: Prof. Moritz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46170614">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book, though I found the humour Inspector Clouseu-like at times.  However it was an easy read and no hardship to pick up and get through.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book - its completly daft]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[dry, subtle humor.  I enjoyed it, but helps if you know Germans and/or the academic world some...<br/><br/>Jen]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like Mma Ramotswe, you won't like Prof. Von Igelfeld, who's the main character in this mini-series. But it's written like that on purpose, and it works, you love to hate him. The book contains three books – silly, short stories – within it's covers. The book is very sympathic and a perfec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1335533">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess I did read this. It is a compilation of the three Von Igelfeld books. Portugese irregular verbs. I think you have to get into this series. but once you do it is fun. At the Villa of reduced circumstances is the best I think. I plan to send the sausage dog one to Jeanne]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This guy writes too many books, so while his ideas might be good, they are only turned into half-baked, watered-down, un-thorough books. The main character and the plot were unconvincing. I only read this book because it was there and I was otherwise unoccupied.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A delightful book, I laughed my way through it. Anyone who knows anything about college professors and their departmental relationships should enjoy this book. And if you are familiar with Germany and professors, you will really love it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book lying at home in the summer with a few broken ribs, didn't want to stop reading in spite of the pain it caused me to laugh :) <br/><br/>brilliant work dr. dr. dr. prof. !!  ]]></body>
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