My Family and Other Animals

Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities'<i> Sunday Telegraph</i><p>Ten-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisters complain so much. </p><p>With snakes in the bath and scorpions on the lunch table, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bit like a zoo so they should feel right at home... <br><br> Gerald joyfully pursues his interest in natural history in the midst of an unconventional and chaotic family life - all brilliantly retold in this very funny book.</p>