{"product_id":"garden-of-the-gods","title":"Garden Of The Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities'\u003c\/b\u003e - Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'My collection of animals swelled to a point where even Mother occasionally grew alarmed'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald. His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Dierdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are even more curious, whether it is an innocent pair of American painters ripe for practical jokes, or a supercilious Count who barely survives an outing on Gerald's home-made boat, the \u003ci\u003eBootle-bumtrinket\u003c\/i\u003e. The third volume in the \u003ci\u003eCorfu Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e brings this glorious tale of halcyon days to a close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gerald Durrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67663139143858,"sku":"9780241762967","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780241762967-2.jpg?v=1791511040","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/garden-of-the-gods","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}