Welcome to the beta version of Shelfari’s new Book Detail pages!
These pages are editable by the community, so please contribute! Click here to learn more about this feature. We’d love to hear your feedback.
Description
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis
Summary
From the back of the book, which hardly does it justice:
The forecast predicted warm, dry weather, the Rolls was for once in working order, Mother had prepared enough food for an army, and Larry was coming home on a visit. The Durrell family picnic on the Dorset coast should have been a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Memorable Quotes
-
““Why didn’t you simply put a pillow over my face when I was in my pram?””
Larry Durrell -
“<The Rolls had> "a glass panel which could be wound up so that the driver could not hear your strictures on the working classes."”
Gerald Durrell, as narrator
First Sentence
The months of March and April of that year had been unprecedentedly dry and warm for England.
Table of Contents
The Picnic
The Maiden Voyage
The Public School Education
The Havoc of Havelock
The Michelin Man
The Entrance
Authors & Contributors
- Gerald Durrell (Author)
Popular Tags
Books with Additional Background Information
List the books that contain additional information about this book.
If you have any suggestions for how we can improve this page or if there are sections that you would like us to add, please let us know.
