The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

{{Short description|2004 novel by Alexander McCall Smith}}

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| publisher = Polygon Books

| preceded_by = Portuguese Irregular Verbs (1997)

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| caption = First edition cover

| author = Alexander McCall Smith

| followed_by = At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (2003)

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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs is a novel by Scottish author and academic Alexander McCall Smith with illustrations from Iain McIntosh.{{Cite web |date=2004-12-01 |title=The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alexander-mccall-smith-3/the-finer-points-of-sausage-dogs/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Kirkus Reviews}} 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.

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; and, especially, the outcomes of von Igelfeld's academic journey to the University of Arkansas while staying at Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The book has five chapters:

1. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
2. A Leg to Stand on
3. On the Couch
4. The Bones of Father Christmas
5. The Perfect Imperfect

The first story was first published in a limited edition of 400 copies in 1998.{{Cite web |date=2013-04-19 |title=THE FINER POINTS OF SAUSAGE DOGS Signed Limited Edition: Amazon.co.uk… |url=https://archive.today/20130419164737/http://www.amazon.co.uk/POINTS-SAUSAGE-Signed-Limited-Edition/dp/B0038VM5TC |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=archive.ph}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS) per WP:AMAZON|date=October 2024}}