![]() ![]() I will now go and track down some of Laurence’s actual books, which I do not believe are comedies…My favourite character is Mother. I was not convinced by Margo, but the brothers who variously write mysterious manuscripts and shoot things are marvelously eccentric as young men. The Family are strange beasts themselves. ![]() The party is also enlivened by snakes in a bath an obvious solution to a problem at the time, and the “Magenpies” who rearrange the tables. The creatures which Durrell describes so well have great personality, and acquire some great names, whether they be pregnant scorpions which deposit babies over brother’s beds, or a huge sea gull (not an albatross…) who gets loose under a table at an animal ridden party. I’m not always fond of books set in “the Abroad” as my TEFL tutor called it, but this sounds a beautiful place in which to explore, capsize boats, and discover some very wild wildlife. There are three elements of this book the Greek island of Corfu, the animals (and other creatures) which the narrator collects, and a singular family. It provided the basis for the recent tv version, which I haven’t seen yet, but will definitely try to now. I read it in a Slightly Foxed Edition, but I am sure that it is easily available in many versions. This is a book which most people would enjoy hugely. ![]()
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