the funny Durrell | My Family and Other Animals (Classic, Nature, Penguin)

Way better than Croc Hunter | My Family and Other Animals (Classic, Nature, Penguin) | Gerald Durrell

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	• My Family and Other Animals (Classic, Nature, Penguin) Gerald Durrell Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 73 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

You'll end up reading this one over and over again...

I must say this is one of the most light-hearted, hilarious books I have ever read. The story is of a world that one really may not get to see these days.. Go ahead and buy it..

the funny Durrell

Gerald Durrell was not only a naturalist and a gifted writer about his beloved animals, but a loving brother and son whose descriptions of his family and their foibles will keep you laughing all the way through. This is one of those books which I've reread so many times I've lost count, and which I've given to many friends who needed cheering up. Always works, too!

Way better than Croc Hunter

In todays day and age of Steve Erwin and Jeff Corbin who go around hunting for animals, it is easy to forget where it all started. With people like Gerald, and the London zoo. In this book, he collects animals, deals with his demented siblings and his long suffering mother who has to raise four kids and fend off the advances of a really persistent Colonel who gets increasingly vulgar and `grabby' when he drinks. This is a rare story that combines a humorous story with humorous writing and I once caused passengers in a flight to turn around and give me strange looks, so hard was I laughing.

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I wish I could give it 6 stars!

This book is absolutely, brilliantly funny. The wit and unique characterizations are woven with great descriptions of the animals and plants of Corfu. That Durrell can hold the attention of readers who have no interest in biology simply demonstrates what a fine work this is. Gerald's depiction of a larger-than-life expatriate family on a larger-than-life Greek island is a tremendous celebration of life. The variety of different Greek characters parading through this book rivals the variety of Corfu's flora and fauna. Absolute great read!

An excellent read

"My Family and Other Animals" is one of the best books I have read in a long time (and I read a lot of books). Not only is it entertaining and very funny, but it is also incredibly well written, with impeccable use of adjectives on every page. It is a fairly quick read, but also one of those books that you can open up and read just a few pages if you need a smile.

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Soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy with his "family and other animals," this book evocatively chronicles his five-year sojourn on the Greek island. With hilarious yet endearing portraits of his eccentric family and their many unusual hangers-on, My Family and Other Animals also captures the beginnings of Durrell's lifelong love of animals. In its passionate understanding of Corfu's natural history, this is an entertaining and enduring memoir.