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Absolutely delightful. I am a huge fan of Mr. Durrell's writing, especially his memoirs of his large and rather eccentric family. His is the kind of family who can set out to do the simplest of tasks, ie: plan a picnic for his brother's homecoming, and along the way encounter endless disasters and mishaps. The tales he shares of such misadventures are charming and entertaining enough, but the real highlight of the book is the inclusion of a "manuscript" a friend of Mr. Durrell's lends to him, in which an antique book dealer recalls a goose bump-raising tale of horror involving a mysterious Count, an old, abandoned house and a horrifying creature that lives in its untold number of mirrors. Although everything Gerald Durrell writes is always fascinating, this memoir is worth it just for the story at the end alone. 5/5