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 youre itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell...try this The Times.In Tokyo - one of the worlds 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 Tokyos 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 TRILOGY.One of the Independents best debuts. Longlisted for the DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, 2021