A review by sathyasekar
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith

4.0

What a fun, breezy read!! I thoroughly enjoyed this short take on the escapades of Dr Von Igelfield who travels to Cambridge for research on some Renaissance papers and then to Columbia for a special honour. I found to my great pleasure that this is a series and there are further anecdotes to enjoy. The book is pure escapist fare, a trifle over the top at times, but guaranteed to always put a smile on your face. The Cambridge half was definitely the superior one where the professor gets embroiled in college politics. The passages around the toilet in particular are really hilarious!! The Colombian half is more an outlandish farce. But thoroughly good fun!!