My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. br>br>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.br>br>But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies.br>br>Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood.br>br>''Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities'' Sunday Telegraphbr>br>''A bewitching book'' Sunday Times>

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Durrell
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2017
• EAN: 9780241981696
• ISBN: 978-0-241-98169-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Essential Penguin; The Corfu Trilogy; Essential Penguin; The Corfu Trilogy; THE CORFU TRILO
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Autobiography: general, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family, Greece, Humour, Wildlife: general interest, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Greek Islands, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)