The Cat and the City

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick'A love letter to Japan and its literature' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan'Ingenious... Touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking' Guardian'An ideal tonic for anyone craving far-flung adventure' Mail on Sunday'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell...try this' The Times_______________In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways.But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens, drawing them ever closer.'Masterfully weaves together seemingly disparate threads to conjure up a vivid tapestry of Tokyo; its glory, its shame, its characters, and a calico cat.' David Peace, author of THE TOKYO TRILOGYOne of the Independent's best debutsLonglisted for the DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, 2021

Product details

• Authors: Nick Bradley, Bradley Nick
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781786499912
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-991-2
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, PETS / Cats / General, FICTION / Urban, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Cats as pets, Fiction: narrative themes, Urban communities, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Graphic Novels: Manga