Skip to content
The Hedgehog’s Dilemma (Hardback)
  • The Hedgehog’s Dilemma (Hardback)
zoom

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma (Hardback)

(author), (illustrator), (translator)
£9.99
Hardback 176 Pages
Published: 02/01/2025
Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £2.99
  • 10+ in stock

Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £2.99
  • This item has been added to your basket
Waterstones Says

An overthinking hedgehog boxes himself in with a litany of worries and paranoias in this deliciously witty first volume in Toon Tellegen's philosophical and heartwarming series of fables for grownups, perfect for fans of Charlie Mackesy.

The first in the internationally bestselling series of witty, moving and philosophical animal fables for adults.

The hedgehog is lonely.

So he writes a letter, inviting the animals of the forest to visit. But before he can post it, doubts start flooding his mind...

As winter draws in, can anything save the hedgehog from himself?

Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781805331711
Number of pages: 176
Dimensions: 178 x 129 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

The spiky little mammals can never get close to each other, but this novel urges us to put away our prickles - Sunday Times

A woodland reflection on the perils of overthinking... all contained within a delightful little volume with line illustrations by Annemarie van Haeringen. Just as The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse threaded the line between adult and younger readers, so too has Tellegen written a tale that speaks equally eloquently to an audience of all ages... Those in search of a cosy, gently delivered philosophy will melt - Financial Times

Funny and evocative, and will surely strike a chord with any social overthinker... If ever there was a book to take into a warm and soft corner and curl up with, this is it - and once you're finished, if you're feeling bold enough, you'll want to invite a friend to do the same - Breaking News

Only one question remains: is he a writer or a genius? I suspect the latter - De Morgen

Toon Tellegen's short stories provide endless pleasure, because you can read them over and over, and then you have to read them out loud as well, again and again - Die Zeit

Moving and entertaining... As much as he twists, exaggerates, shrinks and fools around, he never hides his subject matter: recognizable behaviour and human emotions - De Volkskrant

You may also be interested in...

The Bee Sting
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £8.49
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Added to basket
Yellowface
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £8.49
Butter
Added to basket
Paperback
£14.99
The Handmaid's Tale
Added to basket
The Women
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £4.99
How To Solve Your Own Murder
Added to basket
Killing Time
Added to basket
Hardback
£10.00
Blue Sisters
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £8.49
The Housemaid
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99
The List of Suspicious Things
Added to basket
What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Added to basket
I Who Have Never Known Men
Added to basket
The Vegetarian
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99
My Favourite Mistake
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £7.99
Caledonian Road
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99 £8.49

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.