Written with Gerald Durrell's usual sharp eye for observing humour in any situation, Beasts in my Belfry will delight fans both old and new.
At the age of two I made up my mind quite firmly and unequivocally that the only thing I wanted to do was study animals. Nothing else interested me.
Beasts in My Belfry is a charming account of Gerald Durrell's first job in 1945 as a student keeper at Whipsnade Zoo. Over a year, we encounter a typically absurd cast – including Albert the lion, who's a dab hand at ventriloquism, and Teddy the brown bear, with whom the young Durrell sings duets. With notebook and pen in hand, the eager young Durrell observes his co-workers and animal charges alike. Whether getting dirty mucking out the buffalo enclosure or attempting to cajole a jitter-bugging gnu into a transportation crate, life at the zoo is certainly never boring.
- ISBN10 1447214056
- ISBN13 9781447214052
- Publish Date 19 January 2012 (first published 6 August 1973)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 September 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Bello
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 186
- Language English