The Garden of the Gods

Beschreibung

Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time<BR><BR>'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' - Sunday Telegraph <BR><BR>'My collection of animals swelled to a point where even Mother occasionally grew alarmed'<BR><BR>The island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald.

His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Dierdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are even more curious, whether it is an innocent pair of American painters ripe for practical jokes, or a supercilious Count who barely survives an outing on Gerald's home-made boat, the Bootle-bumtrinket.

The third volume in the Corfu Trilogy brings this glorious tale of halcyon days to a close.

Angaben vom Händler.