Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad

Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad
by Jim Edgar

Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad
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Book Summary Information

Author: Jim Edgar
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-15
ISBN: 0761136193
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

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Book Review: The Conspiracy Begins!
Summary: 5 Stars

Jim Edgar's first delve into the psychology of Cat is actually more similar to the Bad Cat Calendar than his follow-up. Here you have 244 Cats and kitties captured in full color on film in compromising positions, intending to spread "badwill" to humanity. This book contains slightly more text than does his second venture. Here, the captions run a bit longer, and included is a category for the age of the feline in question, plus a tongue-in-cheek" hobby of the relevant mystical beast.

All cat lovers will enjoy this book as well as his follow-up (see my separate review for that one). There is a tinge of political incorrectness in the introduction as Edgar writes, "while you sit amongst ... empty fo'ties of Schlitz Malt Liquor ..." in reference to man's ignorance of Cat's real agenda. I love that line. Thanks to Jim Edgar for two wonderful tongue-in-cheeks books celebrating one of mankind's most beloved companions!

Summary of Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad

Not since Kliban has there been a cat book this edgy. Edgy as in Bosco, the demonic Siamese with the out-of-focus eyes, razor-sharp fangs, and his own idea of Feng Shui. Or the half-shaved freak named Mr. Fliegel, who looks like a cross between a poodle and a lion. Mr. Fliegel shrugs and says, "Chicks dig me." Or Kato, resplendent in his Three Musketeers outfit: "One for all, blah blah blah . . . now just get me out of this @#%&ing costume!" Or Clark, whose hobby is eating other cats' food. Tina, who somehow always just misses the litter box . . . sucker. And the guilty-looking Clarence, caught with a Barbie doll in flagrante delicto. Clarence's defiant defense: "She was naked when I came in. . . ."

Just as Kliban got us to think about the cat as something far more interesting than an innocuous house pet, and Suzy Becker taught us that cats possess a Buddha-like wisdom (together Cat and All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat have more than 2.6 million copies in print), Jim Edgar reveals yet another facet of the ever-mesmerizing animal. Brooding, deranged, antisocial, these are kitties with attitude and borderline personality problems--ah, but what hilarious fun it is to read about them. All 244 photographed in terrifying full color in their most unflattering moments, with a quote plus vital stats: name, breed, age, and hobby. Get to know them. Then see if you can ever forget them.

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