The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium

Gerald Durrell

Pan Macmillan, Dec 16, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 184 pages

If you loved My Family and Other Animals and can’t get enough of the Durrells after the Corfu series, The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium is the book for you.

It constitutes a series of anecdotal snippets and short stories including ‘The Picnic’, a laugh-out-loud account of an ill-fated Durrell family excursion, which should have been a relaxing, jolly affair. But with the Durrells things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong – except Gerald Durrell's sense of humour in recounting the tale. Other hilarious and surreal Roald Dahlesque stories ensue, including the critically acclaimed Gothic horror story ‘The Entrance’.

About the author

Gerald Durrell was one of Britain's best loved authors and pioneering naturalists. His books, such as the bestselling My Family and Other Animals which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2016, continue to entertain generations of children and adults alike. His early family life forms the basis for the ITV drama, The Durrells. The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is an international conservation charity with headquarters in Jersey, UK.

'A renegade who was right . . . He was truly a man before his time' – Sir David Attenborough

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium
• Author: Gerald Durrell
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 2011
• ISBN: 1447214188, 9781447214182
• Length: 184 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Environmentalists & Naturalists; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Fiction / Biographical; Fiction / Family Life / General; Fiction / General; Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Nature / Animals / Mammals; Nature / Animals / Wildlife