"All of these stories are true," states Gerald Durrell in the
preface to this newest collection of his fiction, but he quickly
amends, "To be strictly accurate, some are true, some have a kernel
of truth and a shell of embroidery."
Ranging from the equator to the southern coast of England,
"Marrying off Mother and Other Stories" covers a wonderfully
eccentric cast of characters. Durrell returns to his Corfu
childhood and reintroduces the members of the Durrell clan familiar
from "My Family and Other Animals." He also shares his picnic with
a fragrant sow and prize truffler named Esmeralda in the Perigord;
charms an aging belle in Memphis; stays with an alcoholic hangman
in Paraguay; delivers a pornographic parrot to a clergyman in
London; and dines with a gambling nun in Monte Carlo.
A world-famous conservationist and humorist, Gerald Durrell shares
eight irresistible stories that beg to be retold over and over
again. As you'll see in "Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories,"
Durrell's wit is on-point and as said in the San Francisco
Chronicle, "The old Durrell charm is still there."
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