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[READ: October 2021] The Unadulterated Cat
During this incredibly prolific period (Pratchett was releasing a Discworld book or two every year), he found time to write this slim, silly volume about cats.
It contains many many illustrations (like the one on the cover) by Gray Jolliffe whom I do not know. I have had this book for decades and never bothered to read it. Since I was knee deep in Pratchett land, I decided to give it a whirl.
Pratchett has had some fun about cats in Discworld already. There’s Greebo, the insane and then there’s Death who genuinely loved cats. So it’s no surprise that he would write a book about cats. (This was about ten years after the odd “dead cat” comic book craze).
This book is not like any of that. This is a “serious” look at “real” cats. So I guess it has more in common with Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche (published 1982).
In eighteen short chapters, Pratchett compares a real cat to cats that you might find on television or greeting cards. (more…)
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