Synopsis: |
If you loved "My Family and Other Animals" and can't get enough of the Durrells after the "Corfu" series, this is the book for you. It constitutes a series of anecdotal snippets and short stories including "The Picnic", a laugh-out-loud account of an ill-fated Durrell family excursion, which should have been a relaxing, jolly affair. But with the Durrell's things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong - except Gerald Durrell's sense of humour in recounting the tale. Other hilarious and surreal Roald Dahlesque stories ensue, including the critically acclaimed Gothic horror story "The Entrance". |