Obsession, persecution and passion: the hedgehog may be small, but it attracts strong feelings. And Hugh Warwick is not immune. Travelling through fields in Devon and up to the islands of Scotland, visiting hedgehog hospitals across Britain and the International Hedgehog Olympics in the USA, travelling across China on the trial of the rare hedgehog species hughi, seen only twelve times in a 100 years, Hugh sets out to answer our questions about hedgehogs, from the practical to the sublime.
Considering hedgehogs and birds, featuring Brian May and Ted Hughes, explaining what hedgehogs do when they're not in our gardens and why it is that we like them, this is the funny, eccentric and moving story of one man's quest to understand our deep-rooted affection for these universally known, little-understood animals.
Hedgehogs are often our first encounter with the animal world, yet their numbers are now declining rapidly, down 20% in the last ten years (as Hugh knows from his involvement in HogWatch). From tips on how to make your garden more hedgehog friendly, to explaining how hedgehogs can save the world, Hugh's journey finally leads him to understand that our passion for hedgehogs is indelibly linked to our sense of our countryside, our childhood, and ourselves.
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The whole book is a delight to read, written in the same cheery and enthusiastic style that characterises Hugh as a person. My wife seized my review copy and read it almost continuously for two days, occasionally chuckling or exclaiming in delight about what fun it was to read. She is now ordering copies for Christmas presents! -- British Hedgehog Preservation Society
If anyone was so heartless as not to like hedgehogs before reading this book he will be the creature's most ardent fan afterwards. This gem of a read is, however, much more than a sentimental journey through hoggyland: it is educational, informing as well as entertaining. Nobody who has read it will look upon those charming little creatures, which go grunt in the night, in quite the same way again.
-- Ann Widdecombe
The most glorious mad book ... will take your mind off everything. -- Jeanette Winterson
The perfect antidote to the economic crash -- Libby Purves, Midweek
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