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Product Description
You can take a cat to water but you can't make it think.
Last summer, Chris Pascoe decided to do something monumentally stupid. He decided to stay at home with his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maya and disaster-prone tabby Birmingham, Brum for short. And also with Brum’s rather vicious live-in-partner-girl-cat Sammy, who he intended mainly not to wake. Let biting cats lie. Why he believed time with Brum would, with all the years of contrary evidence, be quality he's not at all sure . . .
The result is a series of tales of death-defying feats. Paddling pools, gazebos, small birds and kitchens - all aspects of normal life can take a dangerous turn with the presence of Brum. Pascoe tries to train the tabby, restrain the tabby and even researches the stories of other danger cats in a bid to keep Brum alive a bit longer. And amazingly, despite the efforts of his exuberant two-year-old with a plastic mallet, he still is.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #20660 in Books
- Published on: 2007-11-15
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"* 'I read this with tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks.' - Ella Reid, Editor of My Weekly * 'Anyone who loves or knows cats will be able to relate to Chris Pascoe's hilarious and affectionate account of the hapless Birmingham's adventures. I literally cried with laughter.' - Jo Rothery, Editor of Cat World magazine * 'Charming' - Free Press"
Review
Praise for A CAT CALLED BIRMINGHAM:
'I read this with tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks.' (Ella Reid, Editor of My Weekly )
'Anyone who loves or knows cats will be able to relate to Chris Pascoe's hilarious and affectionate account of the hapless Birmingham's adventures. I literally cried with laughter.' (Jo Rothery, Editor of Cat World magazine )
'Charming' (Free Press )
'An original comic voice - wry, assured, sometimes whimsical and sometimes surreal but throughout refreshingly uncynical . . . the best kind of humour' (Julian Dutton, writer, Alistair MacGowan Show
About the Author
Chris Pascoe lives in High Wycombe with his wife, daughter and two cats (at the last count).
Customer Reviews
Even Funnier than the first!
I've been waiting for this book. A Cat Called Birmingham was hilarious, and this is even better. This is great fun, and will get old and young, cat lovers, non-cat lovers and all who know toddlers laughing out loud
Really glad to see Brum back as crazed and disasterous as ever and also delighted to see that Pascoe shows us more of himself here - and he's as funny as his cat. Can't recommend this author highly enough. He is the one writer who gets me bellowing with laughter from start to finish of every book. Excellent read.
You Can Take The Cat Out of Slough...
Suddenly and unexpectedly,I stumbled on a comic genius. I met the author at one of his Waterstones book-signings, and was so taken with his easy humour that I thought I'd buy a copy.
I'm no big fan of cats, but you don't have to be to enjoy this book. I have NEVER laughed so much in my life. The turn of phrase, the comic asides, the ridiculously funny events throughout.
It all revolves around the author, his toddler and his cat, and a summer at home. Red Kite Hawks, one bitter milkman, a beleagured neighbour, an undercover job as a spy for a call-centre and a couple of doomed tradesmen all conspire to make this the funniest book I've read in many a year.
A funny cat and a funnier cat-owner
This is pure comedy. It is laughter guaranteed. I loved it.
The story of a man totally out of his depth, trying to cope with a mad, dopey cat and a toddler harboring a deathwish-grudge against the cat. The rebound-humour off the three is cleverly done and makes a splendid book.
Theres plenty of everything. Absolutely gut-busting mishap sit-comedy, lots of gentle fun, an observation of life that makes you see life as a lot funnier than you'd realised, and throwaway one-liners that make you laugh hours later.
Ten out of five for me.
