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Fillets of Plaice

Gerald Durrell

Start date: August 1, 2024

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May 10, 2019 Kate rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: memoirs, read-in-2019, short-stories, humor

"Gerald Durrell frequently believes he is the only sane man in a world of lunatics. Never has he conveyed the collective lunacy of mankind more brilliantly than in this hilarious collection of reminiscences.

"In Corfu, Mother is given a calamitous birthday party which starts with the hijacking of the ice box and ends with the entire gathering marooned on a remote and deserted beach. Mamfe, the night the punka fell on the District Commissioner, unleashing the deadliest snake in Africa on the dinne ...more

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