Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Durrell's dazzling sequel to "My Family and Other Animals" is based on his boyhood on the Greek Island of Corfu from 1935 to 1939 and filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.

Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Durrell's dazzling sequel to "My Family and Other Animals" is based on his boyhood on the Greek Island of Corfu from 1935 to 1939 and filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.

Volume two in The Corfu Trilogy *, now the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on PBS Masterpiece Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel toMy Family and Other Animals*is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print,Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.