THE UNADULTERATED CAT

For the early part of the history of cartooning dogs ruled. For every Felix or Krazy Kat there were dozens of Dog Stars like Bonzo or Snoopy, Odie or Fred Bassett. That’s because dogs are man’s best friends.

Towards the end of the last century sly cynical cats like Heathcliff or Garfield prowled onto the scene and rather took over. And that’s because they’re Real, Unadulterated cats.

Dogs have owners, Cats have staff. They run the house and rule the world, and no amount of cosmeticisation can hide the ugly facts.

This hilarious book will strike a chilling chord with every cat owner, as fantasy author Pratchett explains the ethos behind “The Campaign for Real Cats” who seek to reveal the sordid truth behind the fuzzy little darlings.

Cats are greedy, lazy, vicious, voracious, and need all nine lives because they take every slight opportunity to spectacularly end the one they’re living – you’re reading a blog by a man who’s had to saw his own drawing board in half to extricate an extremely ungrateful tabby from the parallel bar wiring. And don’t get me started on window blinds either.

Brilliantly funny, this slim tome reveals the unvarnished truth about Felis Domesticus – and they’ll drink varnish too if you don’t watch ’em like hawks – written by a comedy mastermind and brilliantly illustrated by the cartoonist who exposed the wickedness of willies.

Still readily available, this is a thoroughly British kind of humour that will soundly affirm the fears of cat-haters – and cat-lovers – everywhere, whilst making them all laugh loud enough not to care.
Text © 1989, 1996 Terry & Lyn Pratchett. Illustrations © 1989, 1996 Gray Jolliffe. All Rights Reserved.