''The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs'' is a novel by Scottish author and academic

Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law an ...

. 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 ''Portuguese Irregular Verbs'' is a short comic novel by Alexander McCall Smith, and the first of McCall Smith's series of novels featuring Professor Dr von Igelfeld. It was first published in 1997. Some consider the book to be a series of con ...

''. 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'') Florianus Prinzel and Professor Dr Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer, all at the fictional Institute of Romance Philology at

Regensburg, Germany Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the ...

; and, especially, the outcomes of von Igelfeld's academic journey to the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...

while staying at Fayetteville, Arkansas. 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.www.amazon.co.uk
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Book series

This is one book of a series: * ''

'' (1997) * ''The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs'' (2003) * ''

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances ''At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances'' is a book by Scottish author and academic Alexander McCall Smith, relating further matters in the life of the main character, Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. Plot The Professor is a troubled Ger ...

'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2011)

References

External links

Author's page at Random House publishersEncyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry
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