Cat out of Hell

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By acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots & Leaves, the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as powerful. By acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as powerful. The scene- a cottage on the coast on a windy evening. Inside, a room with curtains drawn. Tea has just been made. A kettle still steams. Under a pool of yellow light, two figures face each other across a kitchen table. A man and a cat. The story about to be related is so unusual yet so terrifyingly plausible that it demands to be told in a single sitting. The man clears his throat, and leans forward, expectant. 'Shall we begin' says the cat ...

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A wonderful tale full of parodies, pastiches and paradoxes pure joy * Telegraph *
A novel as entertaining as it is addictive ... the best in humorous writing * Sunday Telegraph *
One of those rare books that actually makes you laugh out loud... impossible not to read in one sitting * Sunday Times *
Truss brings an eerie, 19th-century kind of horror into the present-day world * Guardian *
A comic chiller in the best tradition of mad British humour * Daily Express *

Author Bio

Bestselling author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Talk to the Hand, Lynne Truss is a journalist, arts and book reviewer, sports columnist and a regular broadcaster for BBC's Radio 4. She's had two plays performed at the Edinburgh Festival, including 'Hell's Bells' in 2012. Her latest book is Get Her Off The Pitch- How Sports Took Over My Life. Cat Out Of Hell is her fourth novel, and the first in over ten years.