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My family and other animals

Part of the The Corfu Trilogy series
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My Family and Other Animals is the first book in The Corfu Trilogy, the inspiration for ITV'sThe Durrells.

It is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell.

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.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.Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood.'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph'A bewitching book' Sunday Times

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Penguin
0241982413 / 9780241982419
eBook (EPUB)
590.92
20/04/2017
England
English
320 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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