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The Cat Who Brought Down the House (The Cat Who)
Series: The Cat Who
Volume: 25
Genre: Other
ISBN: 0399149422
Pages: 228 pages
Publisher: Putnam
Price: 15.00
Reader Rating: Not rated
The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun

Description: Lovers of bestseller Braun's irresistible Siamese cats, regal Koko and delicate Yum Yum, and their pet human, Jim Qwilleran, will need no further recommendation than the title for this 25th book in the series. (Remember The Cat Who Went Up the Creek?) The locale is the same, the town of Pickax in Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere, with its peculiar, lovable citizens. Into this bucolic setting comes Thelma Thackeray, a native of Moose County, who, having achieved fame and fortune in Hollywood, is returning at age 82 to die. But first she intends to have some fun. Everyone is curious about the glamorous retiree, who also has purchased the long-vacant opera house downtown. Local historians recall that Thelma's twin brother, Thurston, had operated an animal hospital in neighboring Lockmaster until his tragic death from an accidental fall a year earlier. Now his son, Richard, has come to live with Thelma. When she decides to turn the opera house into a film club, Dick is offered the position of manager-with startling results. The first public event in the renovated opera house is the Kit Kat Revue, a fund-raiser, whose finale is a procession of prominent citizens with their pets, all cats. Qwill and Koko are at the end of the line, and that's when Koko brings down the house. In her inimitable gentle style, Braun documents the daily activities of the inhabitants of Pickax. Kidnappings, robberies and murders may abound, but nothing is really upsetting or unpleasant. Braun devotees will cheer.

Also in this series are The Cat Who had 14 Tales, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, The Cat Who Turned on and Off, The Cat Who Saw Red, The Cat Who Played Brahms, The Cat Who Played Post Office, The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare, The Cat Who Sniffed Glue, The Cat Who Went Underground, The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts, The Cat Who Lived High, The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal, The Cat Who Moved a Mountain, The Cat Who Wasn't There, The Cat Who Went into the Closet, The Cat Who Came to Breakfast, The Cat Who Blew the Whistle, The Cat Who Said Cheese, The Cat Who Tailed a Thief, The Cat Who Sang for the Birds, The Cat Who Saw Stars, The Cat Who Robbed a Bank, The Cat Who Smelled a Rat, The Cat Who Went Up the Creek, The Cat Who Talked Turkey, The Cat Who Went Bananas, The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers Return to the Lilian Jackson Braun page.

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