The Drunken Forest
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First edition
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| Author | Gerald Durrell |
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| Illustrator | Ralph Thompson |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Natural science |
| Publisher | Rupert Hart-Davis |
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Publication date
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1956 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 238 pp (1st edition hardback) |
| OCLC | 752649018 |
| Preceded by | The New Noah (1955) |
| Followed by | My Family and Other Animals (1956) |
First published in 1956, The Drunken Forest is an account of a six-month trip Gerald Durrell made with his wife Jacquie to South America (Argentina and Paraguay) in 1954.
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- ↑ The Argentine pampas and the Chaco territory of Paraguay provide the setting for The Drunken Forest. With Durrell for interpreter, an orange armadillo, or a horned toad, or a crab-eating raccoon, or a baby giant anteater suddenly discovers the ability not merely to set you laughing but actually to endear itself to you.
