Beasts in My Belfry

ENGLISH: This is the third time I've read this book, which tells how Durrell, in his youth, worked as a keeper at Whipsnade Zoo to prepare for animal-catching expeditions, which later led to his own zoo. In 1969 I visited Whipsnade Zoo, together with a biologist friend and his family, and found its......more

Gerry tells us that he regards himself as a lucky person. Since the age of two he made up his mind that he was going to study animals. Nothing else interested him. He wanted to become a collector of animals and eventually have his own zoo. All this came to pass. He tells us a lot about his life but......more

3,25 Bardzo przyjemne opowieści o zwierzętach, pełne ciepła i zrozumienia dla nich.......more

I picked this up because I love the tv show The Durrells and I wanted to learn more about Gerald. This was a fine book, but it was rather tedious and filled with far too many mundane stories. However, the mundane ones were occasionally interspersed with interesting ones, so it was a mildly enjoyable......more

This is a humorous laugh out loud piece of nonfiction. I enjoyed Durrell's descriptions of the human animals as well as those of the zoo inhabitants who populate this short gem of a book.......more