The Drunken Forest Author:Gerald Durrell Gerald Durrell's fourth book about the capturing and transporting of wild creatures back to the zoos of the world is set in a remote section of Uruguay, where the borracho trees bear a wine-jar appearance, giving this book its title. You will meet Eggbert the bird, who made the author literally laugh until he cried; terrible toads; the four-eye... more »d birds; the tired anaconda; and many others. In his new book Mr. Durrell is in South America, collecting animals and birds, and those who are already fans will not need to be told how warmly he recounts the adventures of collecting.« less