{"product_id":"at-the-villa-of-reduced-circumstances-9781400095094","title":"At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances","description":"\u003cb\u003eProfessor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment - Book 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders 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 quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due-a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cb\u003eAt the Villa of Reduced Circumstances\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor Dr. von Igelfeld gets caught up in a nasty case of academic intrigue while on sabbatical at Cambridge. When he returns to Regensburg he is confronted with the thrilling news that someone from a foreign embassy has actually checked his masterwork, \u003cb\u003ePortuguese Irregular Verbs\u003c\/b\u003e, out of the Institute's Library. As a result, he gets caught up in intrigue of a different sort on a visit to Bogota, Colombia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander McCall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the international phenomenon \u003ci\u003eThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\u003c\/i\u003e series, and of a new series, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Philosophy Club\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland, where he is a professor of medical law at Edinburgh University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414975451410,"sku":"9781400095094","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a45078a5-43f2-4168-b0f7-43a2e5829d58.jpg?v=1729392115","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/at-the-villa-of-reduced-circumstances-9781400095094","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}