# Am I the only one here who reads Gerald Durrell's books?

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**Created:** [June 1, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-here-who-reads-gerald-durrells-books/306441 "2005-06-01T20:32:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-here-who-reads-gerald-durrells-books/306441/41 "2016-10-31T09:39:40Z")

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> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#):
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> He mentions in the preface to his second “Cameroon” book that he was a bit worried about how the Fon had received his portrayal in the first book (this guy: [Achirimbi II - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achirimbi_II)), as Durrell described him (as you say, affectionately) as a smart guy who governed his state quite well, but who also had a prodigious appetite for sex and alcohol. He wrote the guy and apparently he didn’t mind the way the book desceibed him at all.

Good for the Fon ! From Durrell’s portrayal, he struck me as a splendid chap – wives and all…

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