![]() ![]() ![]() In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. ![]() 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 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.īut 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. Why don't we pack up and go to Greece?' 'Very well, dear, if you like,' said Mother unguardedly. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. 'What we all need,' said Larry, 'is sunshine.a country where we can grow.' 'Yes, dear, that would be nice,' agreed Mother, not really listening. 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, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. ![]()
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