About the Author
About the Author
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels and a number of other series and stand-alone books. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have been bestsellers throughout the world. He lives in Scotland.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A light-hearted campus caper of pedantry and petty jealousies, the novel is the latest in a long tradition that includes the late Kingsley Amis, Malcolm Bradbury and David Lodge."
--Sunday Post
"Of all the characters Alexander McCall Smith has dreamed up over the years, the German academic Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is my favourite...An irresistible figure of fun...It's impossible not to root for him."
--The Scotsman "Scotland's most prolific author's trademark gentle wit and appetite for the absurd are once again in evidence in this charming tale of academic rivalry and ill-fated infatuation...Marvellous."
--Scottish Field
--Sunday Post
"Of all the characters Alexander McCall Smith has dreamed up over the years, the German academic Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is my favourite...An irresistible figure of fun...It's impossible not to root for him."
--The Scotsman "Scotland's most prolific author's trademark gentle wit and appetite for the absurd are once again in evidence in this charming tale of academic rivalry and ill-fated infatuation...Marvellous."
--Scottish Field
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Vintage
Pub date:
2026-02-03
Length:
240 pages
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