ZOO IN MY LUGGAGE (PB)

This book is Gerald Durrell's account of his attempt to set up his own zoo, after years spent gathering animals for other zoos. But their problems really began when they attempted to return with their exotic menagerie. Not only had they to get them safely home to Britain but they also had to find somewhere able and - most of all - willing to house them. Told with wit and a zest for all things furry and feathered, this is a brilliant account of how a pioneer of wildlife preservation came to found a new type of zoo.