My Family and Other Animals

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  • Author: Gerald Durrell
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • Catalogue: 169738
  • Size: 18x11cm
First published in 1956, “My Family and Other Animals” recounts naturalist and author Gerald Durrell’s classic account of his childhood living on the Greek Island of Corfu. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu.

In a series of colourful villas, the yellow to accommodate friends, the white to avoid having to put up family, the Durrells give a sometimes reluctant home to a trail of local fauna; among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm, this is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood and an evocative natural history of a British family abroad.