Making the Cat Laugh

Not strictly a cat book, but a collection of columns published by Hamish Hamilton in 1995, taking pieces from The Listener, The Times and Woman’s Journal, and amounting to a kind of Bridget Jones’s Diary without the romance but with useful pondering on the subject of why cats don’t buy you anything on Valentine’s Day.

  • "A small masterpiece of comedy…with abundant observation, the familiar is made fresh… a continual hoot".

    The Times

  • "Trenchant writing, invigorating valour, and shrewdly observant wit".

    Scotland on Sunday

  • "The definitive columnist… Her articles are beautifully crafted … Truly a professional".

    Periodical Publishers Association

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