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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



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The Garden of the Gods

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    A Paperback / softback by Gerald Durrell

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 06/04/2017
      ISBN13: 9780241981672, 978-0241981672
      ISBN10: 0241981670

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Trade Review
      Delightful, charming, funny * The Times *
      A wild and amusing chronicle * Daily Express *

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