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FELINE fascinated

We explore our own feline fascination throughout literature… because TS Eliot didn’t dedicate a whole book of poetry to mere canines.

I am known as a proud crazy cat lady, so it was only a matter of time before I would dedicate a column to one, however risky it would be for my professional reputation. In fact, Lynne Truss, who was a books editor at early in her career, reported that ‘once a literary woman associates her name with cats, no one will take her

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