My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals by GERALD DURRELL. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140103113.

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.