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Cat Out of Hell

Lynne Truss

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English
Hammersmith Press
01 October 2014
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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Imprint:   Hammersmith Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   181g
ISBN:   9780099585343
ISBN 10:   0099585340
Pages:   240
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Cat Out of Hell

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


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