Your Inner Hedgehog: A Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment

by Alexander McCall Smith, Paul Hecht (Narrator)

In the latest entertaining and hilarious Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld novel, our hopelessly out-of-touch hero is forced to confront uppity librarians, the rector of the university and a possible hostile takeover, all while trying to remain studiously above it all.

Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the University of Regensburg's Institute of Romance Philology pride themselves on their unwavering commitment to intellectual excellence. They know it is their job to protect a certain civilised approach to the scholarly arts. So when a new deputy librarian, Dr Hilda Schreiber-Ziegler, threatens to drag them all down a path of progressive inclusivity, they are determined to stop her in the name of scholarship - even if that requires von Igelfeld to make the noble sacrifice of running for director of the Institute. Alas, politics is never easy, and in order to put his best foot forward, von Igelfeld will be required to take up a visiting fellowship at Oxford and cultivate the attentions of a rather effusive young American scholar. Still, von Igelfeld has always heeded the clarion call of duty, especially when it comes with a larger office.

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over 100 books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into 46 languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from 13 universities.

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Published May 25, 2021

About the author

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland. Visit him online at www.alexandermccallsmith.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the book wasn't bad, it just wasn't good. The first chapter is almost nothing but exposition, which made it hard for me to want to continue reading. I don't know if it's because it was a translation problem, but I could tell the book was supposed to be a comedy, but it wasn't funny. I felt like I was walking next to a joke, but never engaging with any of the jokes. I could tell exactly where the jokes were supposed to be, but they were more boring than funny. This is the type of books that I'll probably keep finding myself interested in every time I see the title, but forget that I had read it for a while.

[Barb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this silly series!