The Picnic and Other Inimitable Stories [Hardcover]

Gerald Durrell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1ST edition (November 21, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671253298
• ISBN-13: 978-0671253295
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #431,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of stories!, June 3, 2000

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Rhonda (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Picnic and Other Inimitable Stories (Hardcover)

This is the only book I've read by Gerald Durrell and it is great! The stories are so wonderfully told with a combination of keen human insight and the ability to laugh at it. He had a wonderful talent for descriptive writing. You can almost taste the dinner he writes about. Most of the stories are short and relatively light in nature, but be prepared for the last story in the book. It's the longest, so set aside a long evening and arrange for no interruptions because you will not be able to stop until you finish.