![]() What follows is a confused narration of a most intriguing family, interspersed with equally eccentric individuals and animals that befriend our cast. ![]() ![]() He grew up to be a renowned conservationist and naturalist who established the Jersey Zoo in 1959 for the preservation of endangered species and it was through his efforts that certain species like the Mallorcan Midwife evaded extinction.Īfflicted by a sundry collection of ills in the English weather, ‘Gerry’, as the author is fondly called, along with his family decides to migrate to Corfu at the suggestion of the eldest child, Larry. This five-year sojourn in Corfu is the first of a trilogy. A passionate zoologist, he provides a humorous, vivid yet lucid account of the island’s teeming wildlife juxtaposed with his own family’s idiosyncrasies. Gerald Durrell moved to the lively little Greek island of Corfu when he was eight. With the leaden August sky ushering in blowing away the wick of July, Gerald Durrell narrates a tale of such zany happenings with his articulate genius that surprisingly happens to be an account of his ‘eventful’ childhood. ![]()
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