synopsis of if cats disappeared from the world

'One cat at the hole can keep in one thousand mice - this cat can keep in New York City! Hell's-a-poppin'.' - Rita Mae Brown, bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie mystery seriesĬat Out Of Hell is a novel by British writer and journalist, Lynne Truss.

'Truss brings an eerie, 19th-century kind of horror into the present-day world.' - The Guardian (UK) 'It is good fun and the perfect lesson in how to use the power of punctuation to your advantage.' - The Evening Standard (UK) 'A wonderful tale full of parodies, pastiches and paradoxes. 'An incredible taleYou may never look at a cat in quite the same way again.' - The Daily Mail (UK) Impossible not to read in one sitting.' - The Sunday Times (UK) 'One of those rare books that actually makes the reader laugh out loud. A novel as entertaining as it is addictive.' - The Sunday Telegraph (UK) James on bad acid with a laugh track, complete with demonic cats, murderous librarians and badly overmatched amateur sleuths.' - Kirkus 'A Chinese box of anti-narrative that reads like M.R. A fun format for an equally entertaining quick read.' - Library Journal 'An unusual mystery for cat lovers and haters alike. 'A potent and darkly humorous tale Cat lovers (or cat haters) and fans of gothic fiction will devour this creepy, paranoia-inducing morsel.' - Publishers Weekly And afterwards, as one critic noted, 'You may never look at a cat in quite the same way again' ( The Daily Mail). In the deft and comedic hands of mega-bestseller Lynne Truss, the story is as entertaining as it is addictive' ( The Sunday Telegraph) an increasingly suspenseful and often hysterically funny adventure that will please cat lovers and haters alike. But will the cat help Alec, or is he one of the dark forces?

Or at least this one does Roger's older than Methuselah, and his unblinking stare comes from the fact that he's seen it all.Īnd he's got a tale to tell, a tale of shocking local history and dark forces that may link not only the death of Alec's wife, but also several other local deaths. And, well, it seems they are! What's more, they do have nine lives. They do think they're smarter than humans, for one thing. and that much of what we fear about cats is true. It takes a while for Alec to realize he's not gone mad from grief, that the cat is actually speaking. Overcome by grief, he stands in his sister's kitchen staring at the only witness to what's happened to her her cat, Roger. For people who both love and hate cats comes the tale of Alec Charlesworth, a librarian who finds himself suddenly alone: he's lost his job, his beloved wife has just died, and to top it all off, his sister has disappeared.

Synopsis of if cats disappeared from the world