My Family and Other Animals

£10.99

Gerald Durrell’s classic memoir of growing up on Corfu with an afterword by Peter Olney, former Keeper of Birds at the London Zoo.

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The inspiration behind ITV’s hit family drama, The Durrells.

My Family and Other Animals is Gerald Durrell’s hilarious account of five years in his childhood spent living with his family on the island of Corfu. With snakes, scorpions, toads, owls and geckos competing for space with one bookworm brother and another who’s gun-mad, as well as an obsessive sister, young Gerald has an awful lot of natural history to observe. This richly detailed, informative and riotously funny memoir of eccentric family life is a twentieth-century classic.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Peter Olney, former Keeper of Birds at the London Zoo, and a distinguished ornithologist who was awarded the Zoological Society of London’s Silver Medal in 2003.

Additional information

Weight 0.21 kg
Dimensions 15.7 × 10.3 × 2.4 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

375

Language

English

Edition

New Edit/Cover

Dewey

590.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K