My family and other animals. Gerald Durrell. 2008.

Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gin-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu.

But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies.