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Welcome to the insane and rarified 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--a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. In Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Professor Dr von Igelfeld learns to play tennis, and forces a college chum to enter into a duel that results in a nipped nose. He also takes a field trip to Ireland where he becomes acquainted with the rich world of archaic Irishisms, and he develops an aching infatuation with a Dentist fatale. Along the way, he takes two ill-fated Italian sojourns, the first merely uncomfortable, the second definitely dangerous.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781400077083
  • ISBN-10: 1400077087
  • Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: December 2004
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 128

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