Description
"Menagerie Manor" is sure to delight fans of Durrellas beloved classic "My Family and Other Animals" and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his unfailing charm, Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey. With the help of an enduring wife, a selfless staff, and a reluctant bank manager, the zoo grows, and readers are treated to a colorful parade of the zooas unusual animal inhabitants.
Détails du livre
Format
Relié
Pages
176 pages
Langue
Anglais
Publié
janv. 1, 1964
Éditeur
Rupert Hart-Davis
Éditions
27 éditions
ISBN-10
0246636866
ISBN-13
9780246636867