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Gerald Durrell   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Fillets of Plaice  •  Gerald Durrell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2008 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES
Durrell's hilarious and warm My Family and Other Animals (1957) began a trio of reminiscences of his life growing up with a slightly dotty family -- the overbearing and omniscient Larry; the affectionate and loving siblings, Margot and Leslie; and, of course, the overburdened and patient Mother -- on the island of Corfu in the 1930s, when a pound could buy a villa and life was conducted as a series of riotously high (and sometimes low) adventures. But what shines through these five vignettes is the author's engagement with and immense affection for animals in all their forms. From fish to fowl, from lizards to little water fleas (daphnia), Durrell's eye is acute and his prose is tart. You can read this book for the humor alone (for he did perceive his family as some rare and rarefied species), but between the lines you can discern the makings of a world-class naturalist and a cultivated and engaging writer. (GRE356, $15.95)
  Fillets of Plaice
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives  •  Gerald Durrell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
Durrell delightfully recounts sparkling anecdotes of growing up in Corfu in the 1930s before World War II. It is a sequel to his hilarious first book, My Family and Other Animals (GRE35). (MED80, $14.00)
  Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
My Family and Other Animals  •  Gerald Durrell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2004 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
A hilarious book about growing up on Corfu in the 1930s. In this memoir, Durrell recounts sparkling anecdotes of his childhood -- not least his passion for the toads, tortoises, bats, scorpions and other creatures that he discovered on the island. Originally published in 1956. (GRE35, $14.00)
  My Family and Other Animals
The Whispering Land  •  Gerald Durrell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES
Durrell's sparkling account of an eight-month jaunt on the trail of fur seals, guanaco, parrots and other Patagonian marvels. (PAT13, $14.00)
  The Whispering Land
 

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A Zoo in My Luggage  •  Gerald Durrell   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Durrell's delightful memoir of his third trip to British Cameroon to collect animals for his new zoo back home in Jersey. The mission gets funnier in England as Durrell and his wife struggle to find a home for their menagerie. (WAF78, $14.00)
 
 
Menagerie Manor  •  Gerald Malcolm Durrell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Another delightful tale from the charming Durrell, who treats us to the story of how he and his wife founded their own private zoo on an island in the English Channel. (GBR684, $13.00)
 
 
The Aye-Aye and I  •  Gerald Durrell   • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  The engaging and extremely amusing story of a serious scientific effort to retrieve, and help save, the rare aye-aye of Madagascar. (MAD10, $15.00)
 
 


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