{"product_id":"9780241762943","title":"My Family and Other Animals (The Corfu Trilogy)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'When My Family and Other Animals was published it was as if someone had flung back the curtains, thrown up the windows and let in a stream of bright light' - Kathryn Hughes, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Gerald Durrell was magic' - Sir David Attenborough \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 1935 and the Durrells have escaped the leaden summer skies of Bournemouth to arrive 'like a troupe of medieval tumblers' on the sun-drenched island of Corfu for a new life. Gerald Durrell's beloved portrayal of his chaotic family - beatific Mother, Roger the dog, diet-obsessed Margo, book-loving Lawrence and gun-wielding Leslie - as well as his own adventures with a burgeoning menagerie of beasts, birds and insects (including an owl called Ulysses), is a timeless account of an idyllic childhood and an uproarious portrait of the English abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48227838558443,"sku":"EB_SC0900_F08-01_SIMS","price":25.07,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780241762943-1.jpg?v=1789359498","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780241762943","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}