Beasts in My Belfry (Paperback)

from mbmackay

Autobigraphical writings on Durrell's first work in a zoo - as a 20 year-old at the end of WW2. Nice light reading about the animals at Whipsnade Zoo, but probably just as interesting in the light it shines on post-war England. Read August 2009.

from mbmackay

Autobigraphical writings on Durrell's first work in a zoo - as a 20 year-old at the end of WW2. Nice light reading about the animals at Whipsnade Zoo, but probably just as interesting in the light it shines on post-war England. Read August 2009.

from drivingsideways

Classic tales of the doings and un-doings of an assortment of animals, collected from Durell's early days as a helper in the local zoo. Perfect for an hour of amusement.

from Harmless_Dilettante

Amusing, but I don't think I'll ever like Durrell as much as he apparently likes himself.

from satyridae

This is Durrell's memoir of his year at Whipsnade Zoo in the 1940s. He was 19 or 20, and it was his first real job. He lived at the zoo and learned about keepering as it was in those days. This experience, while retold with Durrell's trademarked hilarity, helped to form the staunch conservationis...