''The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs'' is a
novel by Scottish author and academic
Alexander McCall Smith. The book relates further matters in the life of the main character,
Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, following on from the first book of the series, ''
Portuguese Irregular Verbs''.
The Professor is a troubled German academic whose life's achievement is the (fictional) book, ''Portuguese Irregular Verbs''.
The book relates details of his troubled relationships with the other major characters of the book series, Professor Dr Dr (''
honoris causa
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...
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Florianus Prinzel and Professor Dr
Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer
Detlev is a German given name. It is a spelling variant of Detlef.
People with this name
Notable people with this name include:
* Detlev Blanke (born 1941), interlinguistics lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin
*Detlev Bronk (1897–1975) ...
, all at the fictional
Institute of Romance Philology at
Regensburg, Germany; and, especially, the outcomes of von Igelfeld's academic journey to the
University of Arkansas while staying at
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville () is the second-largest city in Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, and the biggest city in Northwest Arkansas. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until ...
.
The book has five chapters:
# The Finer Points of
Sausage Dogs
# A Leg to Stand on
# On the Couch
# The Bones of Father Christmas
# The Perfect Imperfect
The illustrations are by
Iain McIntosh.
The first story was first published in a limited edition of 400 copies in 1998.
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Book series
This is one book of a series:
* '' Portuguese Irregular Verbs'' (1997)
* ''The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs'' (2003)
* '' At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances'' (2003)
* '' Unusual Uses for Olive Oil'' (2011)
References
External links
Author's page at Random House publishersEncyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry
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The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom
2003 British novels
Novels set in Germany
Novels set in Arkansas
University of Arkansas
Regensburg
Polygon Books books