The Garden of the Gods [Hardcover]

Gerald Durrell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 196 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; 1st edition (September 28, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0002162687
• ISBN-13: 978-0002162685
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please reprint "The Garden of the Gods" by Gerald Durrell, December 14, 1999

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veronica haidar (London,UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Garden of the Gods (Hardcover)

"The Garden of the Gods" by Gerald Durrell is an immensely funny biographical work telling anecdotes from the author's childhood on the island of Corfu. More to the point, it is the third part of the trilogy which begins with "My Family and Other Animals" and continues with "Birds, Beasts and Relatives". Can anyone explain why the first part of this trilogy remains widely available, while the other two books, which are just as good, if not better, are now out of print?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Jewel of Book!, July 31, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Garden of the Gods (Hardcover)

The thrid book in The My Family series and it lives up to the previous two. Lots of nature, sun, sea, olive groves with a cast of mad family members and Greeks involved in all sorts of wonderfully funny situations. A must

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars garden of the gods, November 29, 2004

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merius - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Garden of the Gods (Paperback)

This series is one of the best I've ever read. The descriptions of the island, and especially the people, are done with a deft touch of humor that makes me laugh out loud. I love the insight into Lawrence Durrell - to get a younger brother's perspective on the man T.S. Eliot once described as having written "the first piece of work by a new English writer to give me any hope for the future of prose fiction" is a rare treat.