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Cat Out of Hell
by Truss, Lynne
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0099585340
- ISBN 13
- 9780099585343
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About This Item
Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Synopsis
Bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and 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 Lif e. Nine Lives is her fourth novel, and the first in over ten years.
Reviews
On Sep 5 2016, CloggieDownunder said:
Cat Out Of Hell is a novel by British writer and journalist, Lynne Truss. When Alec Charlesworth's beloved wife, Mary dies, he heads to a cottage on the coast of North Norfolk with their dog, Watson, to grieve privately. Isolation is what he craves, but, finding he needs some mental stimulation, turns on his laptop to read an email from a library colleague of Mary's. It contains several files concerning a cat called Roger, and by the end of his perusal, Alec is confused, sceptical and rather irritated.
Back home, a visit to Mary's library has Alec wondering if there might be some truth to the files; when the sender of said files pays him a visit, he begins to doubt that the cause of Mary's death was natural. Soon he is deeply involved in an escapade that features several murders, hidden books, library theft, emergency hospital visits, talking cats (and dogs?), and even Beelzebub himself.
Truss uses a format of straight narrative combined with emails, transcripts of recorded conversations, screenplays, descriptions of photographs, telepathic messages and even questionnaires. It helps to pay attention to the early chapter headings, as these form part of a later chapter. The tone of the whole tale is very much tongue in cheek and the result is quite hilarious in places. Some horror, plenty of humour, highly entertaining. 4.5 stars
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better World Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP83148991
- Title
- Cat Out of Hell
- Author
- Truss, Lynne
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099585340
- ISBN 13
- 9780099585343
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- This edition first published
- 2014-11-25
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