The third book in The Corfu Trilogy (after My Family and Other Animals and Birds Beasts and
Relatives ) the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells. Just
before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious sun-soaked island of
Corfu where the youngest of the four children ten-year-old Gerald discovered his passion for
animals: toads and tortoises bats and butterflies scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious
silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . . .
causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family. 'A wild and amusing chronicle' Daily
Express 'This book an evocation of a budding naturalist's life as a boy on Corfu will
delight many readers even those who can't stand spiders...' Evening Standard 'Delightful
charming funny' The Times
