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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
 

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

by Alexander McCall Smith

Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. 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... (read more)

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Neelthak
  • Rated 4 stars

“It took a bit of getting used to the German character of this book, but the humor is persistent! It's whimsical, nothing like the dearly loved No.1 Ladies Detective Agency!”

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Magickdawn
  • Rated 1 stars

“I like his other series, but this one was tedious even though I love sausage dogs!”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.630137 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • Chona O

    chona o said:

    “Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is just so endearing. Who would think that one could say that about a professor in Romance Philology. Funny thing, I like saying out the character's names out loud,complete with their titles.”

    posted Friday, August 1 2008
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