The Corfu Trilogy narrates with inexhaustible humor and charm the life of Durrell - and the animals - during the four happy childhood years he spent in interwar Corfu. A rare and magical childhood that one can only envy...

"It will eat us all!" screamed Margo. "Bring a gun and save Jerry," Mother said faintly. I turned to see what was happening, and there, standing in the doorway, sniffing hopefully towards the table with the sweets, stood Pavlos. I went next to him, and he rubbed against me tenderly. "Jerry, my dear, where did you find the bear?" asked Mother. "I don't care where he found it," said Larry. "He will take it back this moment. I won't tolerate it! Birds, dogs, hedgehogs all over the house and now a bear?"