Close Encounters of the Furred Kindis the follow-up to theSunday TimesTop Ten BestsellerThe Good, The Bad, and the Furry. LikeThe Good, The Bad, and the Furry,it tells the story of Tom Cox's life with his charismatic cats--The Bear, Shipley, Ralph, and recent recruit Roscoe.
Close Encounters of the Furred Kindbegins with a long, emotional goodbye to Norfolk, and continues with another amazing new lease on life for The Bear, the Benjamin Button of the cat world, among the bluebells and verdant hedgerows of Devon. Readers who became attached to The Bear's magical, owlish persona during his previous adventures will become more so here as he proves, once again, that he's a cat with endless secrets and significantly more than nine lives.
TOM COX has a monthly column in the
Guardian'sLife and Style section, called The 21st Century Yokel. He also has regular slots in Golf International magazine, Your Cat magazine, and reviews books for several newspapers. He lives in Norfolk, England. He is the author of
The Good, the Bad, and the Furry. Another charming and irresistible book from a master cat lover. Feathered Quill Book Reviews
Coxs prose about his furry family are what makes his memoir more endearing than a mere repackaging of his cats best Twitter material, even to a dog person like me. Maris Kreizman, theLos Angeles Times
Poignant, funny, and thoughtful, reading Cox is like receiving a letter from your best overseas friend, just the right blend of amusing anecdote and personal update. His latest,Close Encounters Of The Furred Kind, is just as indelibly charming as the rest of his output, a mix betweenAll Creatures Great And Smalland David Sedaris. The A.V. Club
This delightful book will make you smile and often laugh out loud, and youll probably recognize yourself and some of the cats who have shared your life in the pages. The Conscious CalÓ&
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