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Master comic illustrator Steven Appleby peers deep into the feline soul.

They say every cat has nine lives, and Jim the dysfunctional cat is no exception. Steven Appleby's new book tells the story of one very challenged cat and the trials and tribulations of living with him. Based on many years spent observing and despairing of the real Jim, the book devotes one gruesome (and hilarious) chapter to each of Jim's lives. It also explores the unfathomable nature of cats in general and the trauma of sharing your life with them.

Cat lovers will be charmed. Cat haters will have all their suspicions confirmed.

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Steven Appleby is one of England's leading comic artists. He is the author of Alien Invasion! The Complete Guide to Having Children, The Truth About Love, The Encyclopedia of Personal Problems, and Mr. Concerned's Talking Book of Home Therapy. He lives in London.

From Publishers Weekly:
British cartoonist Appleby turns his attention to his cat Jim in this slightly disappointing addition to his well-regarded comic oeuvre (Encyclopedia of Personal Problems, The Truth About Love, etc.). Though the drawings themselves are charmingly scraggly and inventively composed, the book's story line lacks resonance and satirical bite. Jim, a housecat who believes that "the world exists purely for him," quickly runs through his nine lives of sloth, gluttony, deception and contrition, confronting "the double-edge sword of LOVE" and dressing up in human clothes along the way. The book's inclusion of subplots involving adultery and boozing make it a poor choice for children, yet the jokes are a bit too flat-footed for adults-unless, of course, they're diehard cat lovers, in which case they'll think it's all very well and good, except for the bits when Jim keeps getting killed (he comes back, of course).
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  • PublisherBloomsbury USA
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 1582343977
  • ISBN 13 9781582343976
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages96
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