Gerald Malcolm Durrell: My Family and Other Animals (Paperback, 1963, Viking Press)
Paperback, 273 pages
Published Jan. 1, 1963 by Viking Press.
My Family and Other Animals is an autobiographical work by naturalist Gerald Durrell, telling of the part of his childhood he spent on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
An English family decamps to the Greek island of Corfu, and manages to make the place madder than it was already. Hilarious vignettes of the family's exploits interspersed with stunning descriptions of the author's observations of the natural world. The encounter between the gecko and the mantis is unparalleled.
A good laugh as always, though I must admit I'd prefer less of the family and more of the animals...
