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Barnes, Simon

Simon Barnes writes on wildlife and sport. He spent more than 30 years with The Times and has written 20-odd books, including the bestselling Bad Birdwatcher trilogy. He lives in East Anglia with his family and other animals.

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20141201125900 Slightly Foxed Editions: Gerald Durrell, My Family & Other Animals

Paradise Regained

Simon Barnes, Preface to Gerald Durrell, My Family & Other Animals

Durrell Every paradise is lost. That’s kind of the point. Loss is the diagnostic feature of every paradise ever lived or imagined. But for five miraculous years and 120,000 miraculous words Gerald Durrell sustained a vision of paradise with joy in every day and every page. Most evocations of paradise dwell on the eventual loss: not here. My Family and Other Animals is a tale of uninterrupted delight . . .

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