A review by cameliarose
Fillets of Plaice by Gerald Durrell

3.0

A collection of five essays that haven’t got into Gerald Durrell’s other books. My favorite piece is The Birthday Party, in which we are again transported back to 1930s’ Corfu to have a good laugh with the Durrells. Larry is a colorful character, wonderfully drawn. He is somewhat misogynistic by today’s standard, but oh well, he knows men. A Question of Promotion is hilarious, although the “benevolent colonist” cliche puts me off a little.