Your Inner Hedgehog, Alexander McCall Smith
Your Inner Hedgehog, Alexander McCall Smith
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Your Inner Hedgehog

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/06/2021


Synopsis

In the latest entertaining and hilarious Professor Dr. 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. An Anchor Original.

Professor Dr. 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 civilized 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.

About Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred 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 forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julian on February 26, 2022

Another wonderful story concerning Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. I'm not reading these books in the correct order, but it doesn't matter too much as they stand on their own more or less. Talking of standing, Professor Unterholzer's sausage dog is mentioned in this book and is the reason......more

Goodreads review by Carl on April 20, 2021

Always enjoy Professor Professor. This book gently lampoons the academic world. Petty squabbles over sizes of offices, windows, number of copies of books held in library, coffee room eligibility, directorship, honorary degrees. Made me laugh out loud many times, and is the perfect (short) length. Br......more

Goodreads review by Charlene on May 13, 2021

How many books have I read by Alexander McCall Smith? I try to read all the Isabel Dalhousie and Scotland Street series books; most of the Ladies #1 Detective series. But the one book in this series set in a philogy department in a German university is series I had tried before was disappointing and......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on August 04, 2021

Not my favorite of his. Feels like he wrote it because it was due tomorrow. Characters were maddening whiners......more

Goodreads review by KJ on March 07, 2021

Is it time for the Hedgehog field to hibernate? Not much happens in the 200 pages, has this series reached it’s natural conclusion?......more