{"product_id":"9780676976816","title":"At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances","description":"A deliciously entertaining new series by the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe many fans of Precious Ramotswe will find further cause for celebration in the protagonist of Alexander McCall Smith’s irresistibly funny trilogy, the eminent (if shamefully under-read) philologist Professor Dr. Mortiz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute at Regensburg. Unnaturally tall, hypersensitive to slights, and oblivious to his own frequent gaucheries, von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he knows is due him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePortuguese Irregular Verbs\u003c\/b\u003e follows the Professor from a busman’s holiday researching old Irish obscenities to a flirtation with a desirable lady dentist. In \u003cb\u003eThe Finer Points of Sausage Dogs\u003c\/b\u003e, von Igelfeld practices veterinary medicine without a license, transports relics for a schismatically challenged Coptic prelate and is mobbed by marriage-minded widows on board a Mediterranean cruise ship. In \u003cb\u003eAt the Villa of Reduced Circumstances\u003c\/b\u003e, the final novel in the trilogy, we find our hero suffering the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the slings of outrageous fortune in an eventful Columbian adventure.","brand":"Alexander McCall Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44683438063776,"sku":"9780676976816","price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cb211d7d-d071-4033-9e5b-848aadf06545.jpg?v=1732129958","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780676976816","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}