Cat

A welcome return for Pat Gray's classic tale of friendship between the Cat, Mouse and Rat.

The Cat finds himself abandoned without food in an unfurnished house. At first he consorts with his old friends, Mouse and Rat; the one addicted to cheese and philosophy, the other to flashy Italian suits and style, but gradually the Cat gives way to his normal cat-like urges. At first guilty, then elated at his new freedom, and the beneficial impact this has on the other residents, the Cat falls prey to a new and troubling vision of how the house might be, with more initiative and enterprise, and more discipline for the likes of Mouse and Rat. Gradually the Cat unleashes new forces on the house and the gardens beyond, achieving ever greater things, except that, as he does so, he finds himself more and more alone.

Pat Gray was born in Belfast in 1953 and studied Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He now teaches politics at London Metropolitan University.
In June, 1995 he won the World One Day Novel Cup, by writing a 20,000 word novel, The Political Map of the Heart in 24 hours at the Groucho club in London's Soho. A revised and extended version of The Political Map of the Heart was published by Dedalus in 2001.The Cat was published by Dedalus in 1997 and now reissued.