- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New Ed edition (4 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006345549
- ISBN-13: 978-0006345541
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 194,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work chronicles Gerald Durrell's search to uncover the different methods of conservation throughout New Zealand, Australia and Malaya.
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"An account of Gerald Durrell's tour of New Zealand, Australia and Malaya in search of rarities… Easy to read, difficult to put down, with many vivid sidelights on the human side of the expedition. This absorbing narrative reveals the ardours, ironies and disappointments, the organisational miracles and the hilarious human mishaps…"
SUNDAY TIMES
"Mr Durrell has the knack of writing about animals and their antics with tremendous affection and enthusiasm, but without sentimentality."
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"Will delight his fans and armchair naturalists everywhere."
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
[An all-encompassing review of mine, covering most of Durrell's opus]
Gerald Durrell is my hero, whenever wildlife preservation and appreciation are concerned. And then, as a writer, he has always delighted me with his amusing and entertaining books -- something I cannot say for his brother Lawrence, who authored much more intense work (cf. for example his famous The Alexandria Quartet), with his at times depressing explorations of subject-object relations in modern love.
Moreover, even when Gerald's autobiographical work was rendered into TV serials (e.g., My Family And Other Animals [DVD]), the results were pleasant and fascinating. So, this book is just one more example of great entertaining skills in narration, demonstrating a real talent for presenting strong conservation issues in a humorous and captivating way. The author describes his travels across the world to save creatures from extinction while increasing awareness of the rare and exotic animals at his Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (now justly called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) -- his Noah-like experiences are both thought provoking and highly entertaining.
Gerald Durrell is my hero, whenever wildlife preservation and appreciation are concerned. And then, as a writer, he has always delighted me with his amusing and entertaining books -- something I cannot say for his brother Lawrence, who authored much more intense work (cf. for example his famous The Alexandria Quartet), with his at times depressing explorations of subject-object relations in modern love.
Moreover, even when Gerald's autobiographical work was rendered into TV serials (e.g., My Family And Other Animals [DVD]), the results were pleasant and fascinating. So, this book is just one more example of great entertaining skills in narration, demonstrating a real talent for presenting strong conservation issues in a humorous and captivating way. The author describes his travels across the world to save creatures from extinction while increasing awareness of the rare and exotic animals at his Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (now justly called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) -- his Noah-like experiences are both thought provoking and highly entertaining.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Must read book
1 May 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As all books of this author this one is wtitten with a lot of humour and love to animals. It's simply must read book.
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