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
