When he was ten Gerald Durrell went with his mother, brothers and sister to live on the Greek island of Corfu. Later in life, Gerald was to become a famous collector of animals and an early conservationist. He had his own zoo on Jersey. He wrote this book to tell about how he discovered the wild life of Corfu, but as he says, he " made the grave mistake of introducing his family into the book, and then having got themselves on paper, they proceeded to establish themselves and invite various friends to share the chapters." What follows is a very funny book.
