The Garden of the Gods
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The final instalment in Gerald Durrell's beloved Corfu trilogy sees the eccentric Durrell family continuing their sun-drenched Mediterranean adventure. With young Gerald's passion for wildlife growing ever stronger, the island becomes his personal zoological paradise, teeming with scorpions, geckos, and a memorable pigeon named Quasimodo.
Durrell's gift for comedy shines through as he recounts the chaos of family life, from his gun-toting brother's romantic entanglements to his mother's long-suffering attempts to maintain order. The narrative captures a vanishing world on the cusp of war, blending nostalgia with sharp observation and an infectious enthusiasm for the natural world.
Both hilarious and poignant, this is nature writing at its most accessible and entertaining—a testament to how one boy's curiosity about creatures great and small would shape a lifetime dedicated to conservation.
