My Family and Other Animals

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What we all need said Larry is sunshine...a country where we can grow. Yes dear that would be nice agreed Mother not really listening.I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfus wonderful. Why dont we pack up and go to Greece?Very well dear if you like said Mother unguardedly.Escaping the ills of the British climate the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo gun-toting Leslie bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry along with their long suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu.But the Durrells find that reluctantly they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions geckos toads bats and butterflies.