The inspiration behind hit family drama The Durrells.
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.
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.
