A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
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.
Publisher: Atlantic BooksISBN: 9781786499912Number of pages: 304Weight: 276 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mmEdition: Main
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'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell,then good news; he has one out in July. If you can't wait even that long,try this.'- The Times
'In a very impressive,finely observed debut,Nick Bradley 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
'The Cat and The City is a love letter to Japan and its literature. Bradley's passion for everything from onigiri to Tanizaki's short stories is woven into this book. Bradley was for a time an ex-pat and his insight into their perching state is particularly intriguing. He is also very clearly a man with a great tenderness for cats.'- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
'An inventive,clever and beguiling read. With Tokyo as the backdrop,this is a beautifully written novel about belonging and loneliness,about escape and destruction,where the enmeshed narratives (and a magical cat) bind the city together.'- Elizabeth Macneal
'Tender,delicate,and surprising,The Cat and The City is a lovely,rare progeny of a meeting between the English and the Japanese imagination.'- Amit Chaudhuri
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