Tag: cats

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

by T.S. Eliot (Faber & Faber, 1939); audiobook read by Miranda Richardson (Faber & Faber, 2015)

Book cover: “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot (Faber & Faber, 1939); audiobook read by Miranda Richardson (Faber & Faber, 2015)

A slim volume of Dr Seuss-like (though inherently more literary) poems for children, memorable more for the gloriously absurd cat names and the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical these inspired than for the poetry itself. Miranda Richardson’s reading is decent if sometimes off-tempo.

Cat out of Hell

Cat out of Hell

by Lynne Truss (Hammer, 2014)

Truss_Cat out of Hell

Truss has written a most singular book — as Holmes might say — combining elements of mystery, humour and the macabre to make a story that doesn’t quite work as any of these yet is easily accessible and quickly devoured. The title is unequivocal.

 

 

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