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A Prickly Affair

The Charm of the Hedgehog

Hugh Warwick author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:3rd May '18

Should be back in stock very soon

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Reissued with a new epilogue, this study of hedgehogs remains as fresh and entertaining as ever.

Discover the many wonders of the hedgehog: a funny, charming creature of the countryside.

Carrying its secrets beneath patterned spinesand roaming our fields, parks and gardens, why is it that the hedgehog fascinates so many of us? In A Prickly Affair, Hugh Warwick - life member of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society - explores the quirky humour, misunderstanding and affection that characterises our feelings for this marvellous beast, going all out to explain the charm of the hedgehog.

Although hedgehog psychics and the International Hedgehog Olympics may be too much even for him...

This gem ... is much more than a sentimental journey through hoggyland—Ann Widdecombe

Save the hedgehog and save the world—Indepedent

Humorous, touching and obsessive—New Scientist

Funny, generous, kind, learned, thoughtful, ecologically minded and - this is quite important, actually - unsentimental ... It achieves its purpose: and in its charm lies its success—Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

ISBN: 9780141988184

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 236g

320 pages