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The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody [Hardcover]

Joe Garden (Author), Janet Ginsburg (Author), Chris Pauls (Author), Anita Serwacki (Author), Scott Sherman (Author)
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October 28, 2008
Cats have nine lives. Shouldn’t they be lived to the fullest?

“Domesticated” does not mean “docile.” The ho-hum routine of sleep, eat, eat, and sleep is no way for any creature who ruled Egypt for a millennium to spend her day. It’s high time felines everywhere woke up from their cat naps and grabbed life’s strings with both paws.

The Devious Book for Cats offers today’s discerning kitties words of wisdom and advice on everything they need to know, from in-depth guides on cardboard boxes and catnip to a brief history of the Felinism movement. It provides fail-safe tips on waking a human when you want to get fed, choosing the purr-fect gift, staring like a pro, and making the most of superstitions. It also explains the undeniable allure of the Window, the terrifying specter of the Vacuum, and how you can groom properly in just the scant twenty-four hours allotted each day.

Cats: Discover the devious fun you can have when you’re the one in charge!

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A gleeful riff on The Dangerous Book for Boys (and its followers), this collection of feline's-eye-view essays is a mostly winning effort from past and present staffers of parody newspaper The Onion. Less cringe-worthy than its predecessor, The Dangerous Book for Dogs, Garden and the gang focus on a litany of cat quirks and behaviors that should give cat owners a nod and chuckle on practically every page. Including a field guide to cardboard boxes, profiles of famous felines like Garfield ("the ten ton gorilla in the comics room"), the three waves of felinism and an illustrated guide to napping positions, the book lends itself to casual perusal, though cat fanciers will likely consume it in one sitting. Like listening in on cat-to-cat communications, readers are treated to tactics for "getting away with it," explanations of "what's in there?" and the "Legend of the Crazy Cat Lady" (a cat's campfire scare story). Rounded out with original larks like a TV Guide-style program schedule for the window ("4:00 p.m.: Parallel parking. Watch as Susie Crook fails the test again") this funny collection boasts an impressive hit-to-miss ratio while managing to avoid cute overload.
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About the Author

Fluffy and Bonkers wrote this parody without authorization, because since when did a cat need permission for anything?

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Villard; 1 edition (October 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345508491
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345508492
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Laugh-out-loud funny November 16, 2008
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Over the years I've read many supposed-to-be-funny-and-clever little books about cats. This is because I live with a lot of cats and a lot of books, and people tend to think that if you like books and cats, then you certainly must find any book with "cat" in the title to be of significant interest. As a result, birthdays and holidays around here often end up looking like a collection site for a charity book sale drive.

And a lot of those little cat books DO end up going to charity, because frankly, quite a few are neither all that clever nor all that funny, in my opinion. There have been exceptions, but they are just that -- exceptions.

The Devious Book for Cats is one such exception. I received it the other day, and just flipping through and reading random sections left me laughing out loud. Really loud. Quite a few times. Given the current state of the economy and soaring prices for cat food and litter, I must tell you that I have not been in much of a laughing mood lately. The catnip budget around here has suffered quite a bit in recent months, just trying to put kibble on the table, you know. So this book is a welcome mood-brightener.

I like this book so much in fact, that I am ordering several more copies to send as holiday gifts. Anyone familiar with the feline lifestyle should find this book entertaining. The authors, Fluffy and Bonkers, have written an unusually creative, original and inventive guidebook.

And even though I am extremely busy these days watching birds out the window and napping, I am going to sit down on that book and absorb it more fully at my first opportunity.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Searching for a holiday gift for the cat-lover in your life? Look no further - this book made me, and my cat, laugh out loud.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
instant classic November 26, 2008
By Dan
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an instant classic! As a cat owner, I think it's brilliant :)
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Cute!
This is a cute book, it's funny because it's so true. We have three cats, one of them black, between the three of them, the nail is hit on the head.
Published 11 months ago by Moonbeam
You just KNEW there was a secret handbook like this for cats...
If you have a cat, you know they live their lives by a set of rules that are uniquely their own. And more than once, you've probably wondered what's going on in that head of... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Thomas Duff
Absolute Hilarity
If you are a cat lover, you will fall in love with this book. I read it from front to back in about a day and go back to it when needing a good laugh. Read more
Published 15 months ago by getkatty
What a great read for a human owned by a cat!
I laughed outloud and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As a cat owner, you must get this book and it's a great gift for a fellow cat owner. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Lisette
Great book for cat lovers
A freind gave me this book and I loved it! I'm a huge cat person so it was all the more enjoyable. This book is written from a cats perspective. Read more
Published 21 months ago
The Devious Book for Cats
I have never laughed so much - It's funny when you are reading and then start laughing out loud- people really look at you funny, but...My cats could have written this book. Read more
Published on February 22, 2010 by Wendy
silly cat fun
well, i'll keep it short.....it's a cute little book that is definitely good for some laughs. i think it's great for any cat lover, definitely worth it to me! Read more
Published on December 7, 2009 by Diana Wanzer
Disappointing
As one who is owned by cats, and one who has read quite a few satires on the subject, this book started out well in the true spirit of The Onion but ended on a tedious and... Read more
Published on June 7, 2009 by L. Leeder
The Devious Book for Cats
Bought this for my supervisor (the Cat lover)but had a hard time putting it down once I started reading. I, myself, am in to dogs...as the cats wrote...we can't imagine why! Read more
Published on April 20, 2009 by Happy's Mom
Hilarious!!
This book is so cute: I think it really reflected a cat's personality in an adorable, funny way. It made me crack up so many times. Read more
Published on April 5, 2009 by R. Walton
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maneki neko, crazy cat lady, cat talk, allergy sufferers, cat rulers, scratching post
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Extraordinary Cats, Gin Gin, The Nine Lives of Mr Champ, Suck Monster, Cardboard Boxes, Good Luck Cat, Choosing the Perfect Gift, Fat Cats, Planning Your Next Vacation, Most of Superstition, The Vacuum Cleaner, The Laws of Petting, Egypt The Land We Once Ruled, Semper Feline, Extrasensory Pussycats, The Art of Swiping Food, Effective Secret Mission, Vortex of Terror, Kitty Litter Explained, Outsmarting Your Toys, Reasons You Meant, Keeping the Mystery, Hunting Wild Game, Stowaway Stories, Famous Cats of the Funny Pages
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