Unusual Uses for Olive Oil

I've read Unusual Uses for Olive Oil by Alexander McCall Smith.  I'm a great fan of his and usually enjoy his books.  This is a story set in Germany where Professor Dr von Igelfeld is a pompous professor whose only "claim to fame" is writing a 1200 page book entitled Portuguese Irregular Verbs.  It is a satire where each chapter is like a short story about the hapless von Igelfeld, who seems to have no common sense whatsoever and incapable of empathy.  He is a very comic character who has the most absurd "adventures".  All rather silly. 3/5