![]() ![]() ![]() He is challenged to try out his gift on the resident cat, Tobermory – with uncomfortable results. At a country-house weekend before the first world war, a guest claims to be able to bestow the gift of speech on animals. Noticeably, though, nearly all of them are male, so perhaps the subeditor’s warning should still stand. The following are masterworks by people who were bravely prepared to take the risk of being associated with cats. This means you can believe almost anything of them. It seems obvious to me that cats are clever and totally lacking in altruism. This time, we meet a ginger kitten mob boss who talks like Barbara Windsor and a mild scientific cat from the 18th century who voyages on the Endeavour with Captain Cook. And now I’ve written a follow-up: The Lunar Cats. ![]()
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