The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium

If you loved My Family and Other Animals and can''t get enough of the Durrells after the Corfu series, The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium is the book for you. It constitutes a series of anecdotal snippets and short stories including ''The Picnic'', a laugh-out-loud account of an ill-fated Durrell family excursion, which should have been a relaxing, jolly affair. But with the Durrells things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong - except Gerald Durrell''s sense of humour in recounting the tale. Other hilarious and surreal Roald Dahlesque stories ensue, including the critically acclaimed Gothic horror story ''The Entrance''.

About the author

Gerald Durrell was one of Britain's best loved authors and pioneering naturalists. His books, such as the bestselling My Family and Other Animals which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2016, continue to entertain generations of children and adults alike.

The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is an international conservation charity with headquarters in Jersey, UK.

'A renegade who was right . . . He was truly a man before his time' - Sir David Attenborough

Product details

• Authors: Gerald Durrell
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781035085316
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3508531-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Family Life / General, Short Stories, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, Family life fiction, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, FICTION / Biographical & Autofiction