{"id":2886,"date":"2009-01-17T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2009-01-17T11:44:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T11:44:06","slug":"the-unadulterated-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2009\/01\/17\/the-unadulterated-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"THE UNADULTERATED CAT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"THE<\/a><\/dt>\n
THE UNADULTERATED CAT<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

By Terry Pratchett and Gray Jolliffe (Orion)
\nISBN: 978-0-75283-715-4<\/strong><\/div>\n

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

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

Dogs have owners, Cats have staff. They run the house and rule the world, and no amount of cosmeticisation can hide the ugly facts.<\/p>\n

This hilarious book will strike a chilling chord with every cat owner, as fantasy author Pratchett explains the ethos behind \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Campaign for Real Cats\u00e2\u20ac\u009d who seek to reveal the sordid truth behind the fuzzy little darlings.<\/p>\n

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 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 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.<\/p>\n

Brilliantly funny, this slim tome reveals the unvarnished truth about Felis Domesticus<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and they’ll drink varnish too if you don’t watch ’em like hawks \u00e2\u20ac\u201c written by a comedy mastermind and brilliantly illustrated by the cartoonist who exposed the wickedness of willies.<\/p>\n

Still readily available, this is a thoroughly British kind of humour that will soundly affirm the fears of cat-haters – and cat-lovers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c everywhere, whilst making them all laugh loud enough not to care.
\nText \u00c2\u00a9 1989, 1996 Terry & Lyn Pratchett. Illustrations \u00c2\u00a9 1989, 1996 Gray Jolliffe. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE UNADULTERATED CAT By Terry Pratchett and Gray Jolliffe (Orion) ISBN: 978-0-75283-715-4 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 … <\/p>\n

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