num_pages: 191
description: A hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. It tells how journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' It tells that their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee.
language: English
title: A Zoo in My Luggage
titlecomplete: A Zoo in My Luggage
genres: Travel, Africa, Animals, Nonfiction, Humor, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Natural History, Nature, Biography
ratings_count: 4995
places: West Africa, Cameroon, Africa
series: The Zoo Memoirs 
publisher: Penguin Group