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'Excellently written and in turns laugh-aloud funny and deeply moving.' --Farmer's Guardian, October 2007
'As you read this book you'll smile, wince, be absorbed and wonder at Hugh s ability to remain calm when all around is chaos. This is a good read and will certainly brighten up a winter s evening.' --NFU Countryside Magazine, November 2007
'This proved to be a most enjoyable and, in its way, instructive book. As well as the expected anecdotes about large and small animal medicine, with an exotic twist, there is plenty of atmosphere of life for a young European in the colonies. And it is certainly not all pink gins and evenings in the club. I would happily recommend it.' --UK Vet Magazine, January 2008
'As you read this book you'll smile, wince, be absorbed and wonder at Hugh s ability to remain calm when all around is chaos. This is a good read and will certainly brighten up a winter s evening.' --NFU Countryside Magazine, November 2007
'This proved to be a most enjoyable and, in its way, instructive book. As well as the expected anecdotes about large and small animal medicine, with an exotic twist, there is plenty of atmosphere of life for a young European in the colonies. And it is certainly not all pink gins and evenings in the club. I would happily recommend it.' --UK Vet Magazine, January 2008
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After three years working as a young vet in rural Aberdeenshire, Hugh Cran decided that it was time for a change. He got it. He took a post in Kenya and, forty years later, he's still there, still working, still loving every exasperating, challenging, unexpected moment. This is a page-turning account of working as a vet at the sharp end. Cattle owned by the Maasai herdsmen or the white settlers might take up most of Hugh's time, but these cattle are assailed by lightning strike, snake bites, disease passed on by zebra and wildebeest. He's up against sun cancer, witch doctors - who knows what to expect next? Travelling miles on rough roads, Hugh never knows if he will be peforming surgery on dirty sacks, beseiged by every species of Kenyan insect, by the light of a failing car-headlamp! But the colourful people who frequent Hugh's Nukuru practice, the sheer vitality of the Kenyan scene and the rewarding nature of the grinding task in hand, keep him answering that persistent phone, day and night, and heading off into the unknown.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Literary, laugh a minute page-turner about Kenya's eccentrics, as seen though the eyes of their vet. The book is a panoply of exquisite observations, wittily expressed and with a modesty that belies the author's remarkable veterinary and personal accomplishments. Featuring virtually every creature from the camel to the chameleon, against the rich and often outrageous backdrop of a veritable Bayeux Tapestry of owners, this is a startlingly unique and highly valuable addition to each of the genres into which it so easily fits. It will be read for years to come - and would especially lend itself to being read aloud.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This capturing book now in paperback with a map covering the most of Kenya where the authors daily life among animals and people unfolds .We experience life in all its facets .Exhilarating, exciting exhausting, exasperating, as his work can be in sometimes extreme conditions which would make the most of us run miles The authors passionate involvement in the work he does combined with a vast knowledge of all kinds of animals keep us turning the pages. The people he encounters he portrays with a wit and insight quite exceptional.There is no emotion not expressed we laugh, (very often), we cry, we hope and we are deeply moved.This book has it all Betty Kokholm Trige Denmark
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A good read about Hugh Cran's life in Kenya as a vet - both the descriptions of a vet's work, and of the ex-pat life in Kenya (including the roads) were well written and enjoyable - pity it didn't cover more recently but maybe there will be a sequel!
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An excellent description of life as a young vet in conditions that can only be described as medieval. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Northern lights
a must to read
A book which had to be written and has to be read .The author has a wide knowledge and deep passion for the work he does among animals of all kinds in Kenya . Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2009 by Betty Kokholm
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I have to say that I was astonished to read the positive reviews of this tome. From the first sentence "In early December in the Year of our Lord 1966... Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2008 by Andrew Shand
Definitely one to get your nose into...
A fantastically witty and rivetting read that will delight a whole range of audiences..highly recommended!
Published on 25 Aug 2007 by Sophie Cran
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