My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell

A re-read from fondly remembered English classes at school. I wasn’t surprised that my overall remembered impression was correct, in that this is a light-hearted episodic portrait of a rich family staying in sun-drenched Corfu in the 1930s, focussed on the author’s interest in the local wildlife. What surprised me was how much detail I recalled from 25 years ago; the roaming tortoises and the constant chirp of the cicadas (the first time I had heard of them I think).

Nostalgic on two levels.