"Birds, Beasts & Relatives" and "The Garden of the Gods" by Gerald Durrell
Most people are familiar with the book My Family and Other Animals, about Gerald Durrell's idyllic childhood on Corfu in the 1930's - for a start there was a series on TV in the late 80's, and they're doing another programme this Christmas. What fewer people seem to realise is that, feeling there was a wealth of stories as yet unexplored, he wrote two further volumes, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and Garden of the Gods.So here we have more stories of the young Gerry, with Mother, Larry, Leslie, Margo and Spiro, just as funny as My Family and often ruder. Whether it's impressions of the myriad animals he was variously watching, catching, rearing or just inflicting on his family, through scenes of Corfiot peasant life to their succession of bizarre houseguests and the various events that befell them, these are hilarious, highly recommended additions to anyone's library.
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