{"product_id":"the-library-cat-alex-howard","title":"The Library Cat (Alex Howard)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Cat, the resident cat of the University of Edinburgh's Main Library, is not like other cats. He is a thinking cat. You can tell by the canny glint in his eye, his disdainful whiskers and his unrelenting interest in books and piles of paper.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the Library Cat's story. Join him as he adventures away from his favourite turquoise library chair and his preferred food (bacon rind) to go out into the big, bad world. Meet his cousins, Biblio Chat and Saaf Landan Tom; swoon during his brief encounter with the elusive Puddle Cat and hold your breath amidst his run-in with the terrifying Black Dog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart whimsy, part cat-borne philosophical novella, this is a tale about Library Cat's search for meaning in a confounding world. But it's about us Humans, too. Because with his black and white head bobbing a foot off the ground, Library Cat has seen Humans from a very different angle . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd he thinks we have it all wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Cat\u003c\/i\u003e (Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month August 2024). Library Cat was winner of The People's Book Prize 2017 (Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAlex is an author, editor and theatre professional from Edinburgh. His TikTok page, Housedoctoralex, has nearly 300,000 followers and he's been featured on television and in the national press. A doctoral graduate of English literature, Alex wrote his first book \u003ci\u003eLibrary Cat\u003c\/i\u003e (Black \u0026amp; White Publishing) while completing his PhD. It won the People's Book Prize in 2017, and has been translated into French, Korean and Italian. He also writes poetry, which has been published in \u003ci\u003eNew Writing Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGutter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe London Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and his academic book \u003ci\u003eLarkin's Travelling Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2021 by Palgrave McMillan. Alex works at Capital Theatres as a creative engagement coordinator and editor while renovating his Edinburgh tenement flat at weekends, with his cat Tabitha, son Sasha and wife, Ellie.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65777524638045,"sku":"K098134278","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9813427800001A.jpg?v=1788292193","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-library-cat-alex-howard","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}