Catch Me a Colobus [Hardcover]

Gerald Durrell (Author), Edward Mortelmans (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 221 pages
• Publisher: Viking Adult (October 3, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670206628
• ISBN-13: 978-0670206629
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,222,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gerald at his best!, November 6, 2004

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W. Ramsey "jonas1685" (Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catch Me a Colobus (Paperback)

So, what do you think when you hear about a Duchess who collects money for charity? That she is old, tweedy, smells of spaniels. That is what Gerald thought until he met the melting eyed beauty to whom he eagerly gives all his money, and discovers that she was the tweedy duchess.Hmm.. The encounters in the zoo are hilarious, apes get loose, tigers get pregnant and women fall by the droves for a handsome zoo employee. It is endearing, funny and occasionally outrageous and Gerald's language is so evocative, you imagine the scene, however implausible and cannot stop laughing for it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catch Me a Colobus, January 19, 2009

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Kateryna Silvestro (Albany, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Catch Me a Colobus (Hardcover)

All books by Gerald Durrell are great and this is one of them. Wise, funny, informative, and kind, his books always make my life brighter.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One of Durrells animal collecting exhibitions., August 4, 2000

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Sailoil - See all my reviews

This review is from: Catch Me a Colobus (Hardcover)

A journey to west africa to collect endangered species for his zoo in Jersey where he preserved animals against extinction. Durrell funded his zoo greatly with his writing. This is one of his books describing the trials and tribulations of finding and catching animals in the wild. A good read for what it is.