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The Drunken Forest

4.1/5 ( ratings)

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.

Contents

Explanation
Saludos

1. Oven-birds and burrowing owls
2. Eggbert and the Terrible Twins
Interlude
3. Fields of flying flowers
4. The orange armadillos
5. Bevy of bichos
6. Fawns, frogs, and fer-de-lance
7. Terrible toads and a bushel of birds
8. The four-eyed bird and the anaconda
9. Sarah Huggersack
10. Rattlesnakes and revolution
Interlude
11. The Rhea Hunt
Adios!

Acknowledgements

Language: English

Pages: 203

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: May 06, 2022

ISBN: 0140013148

ISBN 13: 9780140013146

The Drunken Forest

4.1/5 ( ratings)

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.

Contents

Explanation
Saludos

1. Oven-birds and burrowing owls
2. Eggbert and the Terrible Twins
Interlude
3. Fields of flying flowers
4. The orange armadillos
5. Bevy of bichos
6. Fawns, frogs, and fer-de-lance
7. Terrible toads and a bushel of birds
8. The four-eyed bird and the anaconda
9. Sarah Huggersack
10. Rattlesnakes and revolution
Interlude
11. The Rhea Hunt
Adios!

Acknowledgements

Language: English

Pages: 203

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: May 06, 2022

ISBN: 0140013148

ISBN 13: 9780140013146

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