Author(s): Durrell, Gerald
Reader(s): Degas, Rupert
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0356
Barcode: 9781781982341
Release Date: 03/2019

DURRELL, G.: Beasts in My Belfry (Unabridged)

Beasts in My Belfry is the wonderfully funny memoir about Gerald Durrell’s time at Whipsnade Zoo and his experiences as a young zookeeper. Following the Second World War, Durrell joined Whipsnade Zoo as a junior keeper—an opportunity that fulfilled a lifelong dream. Thanks to Rupert Degas’s brilliant voicing, which captures all of Durrell’s charm and wit, the listener can enjoy being taken behind the scenes of one of the world’s very first zoos. This is a delightful portrait of the animals who lived there and those who looked after them.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Durrell, Gerald - Author
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
1Beasts in My Belfry10:41
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2'It's the last straw!' roared Larry…11:49
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3Phil led me out to the main gate…11:38
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4Chapter 2: A Lusk of Lions12:20
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5Albert and his wives, unlike their ancestors…12:10
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6Only once during our association did I see him…10:44
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 2
1Chapter 3: A Triumph of Tigers09:55
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2Jum and Maurena fed, we would retrace our…08:34
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3Then, as I watched, Maurena's walk became…07:58
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4'Where are you off to?' I inquired.08:17
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5Chapter 4: A Plash of Polars09:23
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6Periodically Babs would be afflicted with…09:04
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7Babs and Sam were an amusing and interesting…08:57
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
8Then I tried to find out to what particular food…08:56
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 3
1Wops, towards winter, grew a tremendously…07:28
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2In the drawing room I found Laura, Billy's sister…07:09
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3Chapter 5: A Gallivant of Gnus08:46
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4When the Europeans came to North America…10:17
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5He at once wrote home to Paris, to Professor…08:42
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6They very soon got the hang of the idea that…08:31
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7As I watched our gnus posturing, rampant on…10:09
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 4
1Chapter 6: A Bumble of Bears09:58
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2'…as he passed through the wood with…'09:58
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3I was lucky enough to be still working on this…11:21
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4Chapter 7: A Loom of Giraffe12:58
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5Peter's silence was very noticeable…12:02
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6To remove the calf of a doting buffalo cow…10:31
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 5
1Chapter 8: A Superiority of Camels10:06
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2By the time you had moved one camel…07:36
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3As you approached the edge of the pond…07:48
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4'Have you?' I would inquire disinterestedly…06:53
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 6
1Chapter 9: Odd-Beast Boy09:37
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2Wandering freely about in the park, as well…10:27
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3Eventually, rosy from his bath, he lumbered…08:34
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4Chapter 10: Beasts in My Belfry06:51
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5Another point which became very obvious…06:44
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6Epilogue10:43
Degas, Rupert (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 05:53:35