If you are picking this book up because you are a cat-lover,
be forewarned that it has relatively little to do with cats. The frame
narrative is the disappearance of a beloved cat, being cared for by a student house
sitter while the author, a professor, is teaching at a university 700 miles
away and his wife is working in Europe.
The student, either lackadaisical or terrified to let the owner know
immediately that Biscuit has not returned from outdoor wanderings, also doesn’t
respond to phone messages requesting more information after he tells him the
worrisome news. Ultimately, the author,
who really can’t afford the time or the money, drops everything and returns
home to search. But the book is really
about his relationship with his wife and other significant others over his
adult life, and their cats. A meditation
on love and life. But not all that
interesting…..and I kept feeling that no matter how well- read and erudite he is, he was careless in both his pet care and his
love life. 283 pp.
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