The Garden of the Gods

<b>The third book in <i>The Corfu Trilogy </i>(after <i>My Family and Other Animals </i>and <i>Birds, Beasts and Relatives</i>), the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series <i>The Durrells.</i><br><br></b>Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . . . causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family.<br><br><b>'A wild and amusing chronicle' <i>Daily Express</i></b><br><br><b>'This book, an evocation of a budding naturalist's life as a boy on Corfu, will delight many readers, even those who can't stand spiders...' <i>Evening Standard</i></b><br><br><b>'Delightful, charming, funny' <i>The Times</i></b>