The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-Eye the bush-baby, and other founder members... and nowhere to put them
- ISBN10 0140020845
- ISBN13 9780140020847
- Publish Date 20 November 1980 (first published December 1960)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 July 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English