Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss
Alec Charlesworth is having
difficulty coping after his wife’s sudden death. He leaves his job at the library where they
both worked and flees with his little dog Watson to the English
countryside. Before he leaves he is given
a box of papers by a former library patron and told that his wife was
interested in this story and he might be as well. While away he welcomes the opportunity for
escapism. Escape he does but not into a
world he ever knew, or wanted to know, existed.
Inside the box are drafts Wiggy has
written of a screenplay as well as audio recordings and musings. Wiggy went to his sister’s house to care for
Roger, the cat, only to discover that his sister and her dog disappeared. It is so unexpected and sudden Wiggy searches
for clues regarding alien abduction. This
Alec laughs off. He cannot laugh off
starting to believe that Wiggy was speaking to Roger, and that Roger was
speaking back. Yes, the cat seems to be
speaking and what he is saying is horrifying.
Cats truly are evil and those cats that pass the trials are the direct
servants of Beelzebub and the cats are on the prowl.
We all know that cats are evil,
sneaky little critters and in this book Truss explains the things cats do (like
purr and kneed) that were originally traits that were bestowed upon them to do
evil by Beelzebub. It’s a humorous book
that will make you look twice at that happy cat lazing next to you.
