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

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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.

About the Author

Jim Edgar writes code at Microsoft and runs www.mycathatesyou.com, which he and old friend Alex Lebed started in 2001 and which Jim now runs himself, even though he's allergic to cats and neither owns any nor is owned by any.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Later Printing edition (October 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761136193
• ISBN-13: 978-0761136194
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (133 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #86,606 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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84 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As we say in glorious South Philly..., January 27, 2005

By	Aliza Mansolino (Burlington, VT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...frickin' heelarious! I saw this in my local bookstore and was laughing so hard, I had to buy it on the spot (instead of waiting and ordering from Amazon, of course). I laughed all the way home, causing my fellow subway riders to scoot away from me, but I didn't care. Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words... Highly recommended.

135 of 153 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For One and All!, December 3, 2004

By	P. M Simon "El Simon Asombroso" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My wife is one of those deluded "cat persons." If anything ever happens to me, she'll be the senile old widow who lives in a filthy bungalow with 237 cats, dies, and gets eaten by them. I'm a dog person, the kind of fellow who likes jokes about using the cat to mop out the toilet.

Yet, WE BOTH LOVE THIS BOOK. That says it all. Love cats or hate 'em, you will adore this volume. It's fun. creative, and well-assembled. GO GET IT--NOW!!!!! It will make a nice gift for anybody!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone who appreciates cats with the 'tude., October 29, 2004

By	Ber-Meow! (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This is not your average "oh isn't that sleeping kitty precious" book. This collection of cat candids explores the very depth of the charming malevolence and contempt exhibited by all felines. Each page has a hysterical photograph of a cat exhibiting his or her true personality, a caption/quote from the cat, the cat's name and age, and the cat's hobby. After the photographs themselves, the captions and hobbies are the funniest parts of the book.

This book is for any cat lover who loves the fact that their cat isn't the personality-less slobbering sycophant (like dogs can be) and suspects that their cat really does dream about big things like, say, taking over the world or committing acts of mass destruction just for the heck of it. I know my cats sure do.

It's hard to read this book without laughing like a moron, so keep that in mind. So far, I have bought three copies to give as gifts, and I'm already planning on buying more. I don't know how the author (who doesn't actually own any cats of his own) can capture the thoughts of the cats so well, but he certainly seems to be able to read their minds.

This book was assembled of owner-submitted pictures by the webmaster of the www.mycathatesyou.com website. Anyone left wanting more after reading "Bad Cat" should check out this site.