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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who...)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780515090178
ISBN: 0515090174
Label: Jove
Manufacturer: Jove
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: August 15, 1986
Publisher: Jove
Studio: Jove
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Editorial Review:
The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran, it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to the art beat for The Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding--this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reportorial talents to art. But Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese, are back in their element--sniffing out clues and confounding criminals intent on mayhem and murder.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The book that started it all!
I realized recently that as much as I love these books, I've read relatively few in the series given how many there actually are (30 to date, if you include the one collection of short stories). Usually laughed off by the masses as kitschy `old-lady' books, those who read them know they're quite the opposite and are actually some of the cleverest bits of reading around. Braun, a former journalist whose advanced age has no doubt contributed to the mistaken notion that these books are about old ladies ... Read More
Rating:  - Dialog of male characters is not realistic, story wanders, rather weak over all. Sorry.
Being a cozy mystery lover - and a confirmed animal lover - I thought The Cat Who Could Read Backwards might be perfect for my tastes. Sadly, it was a slow, meandering read. My biggest complaint is about the dialog. The author doesn't write the dialog of her male characters in a way that SOUNDS like a real man speaking. For example, our main character was a long time journalist and war correspondent. He's no doubt been involved in grizzly events - and I doubt there is much that makes him flinch. Knowing ... Read More
Rating:  - Not my type of mystery novel....
When i first discovered the whole "cat mystery" genre, I became curious, so I decided to give this one a try, and listened to the audio version.
For a mystery novel, it's unusual in that the mystery doesn't start until about halfway into the book. The author first establishes the characters and we get to follow the main character, Jim Qwilleran as he starts working at his new job, making some new friends, etc. I suppose these parts were occasionally somewhat funny and the characters were interesting, ... Read More
Rating: - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - the purrfect mystery!
Lilian Jackson Braun is a great author, and this mystery was no exception. I highly recommend her books.
Rating:  - Good beginning to a beloved series
Jim Qwilleran is a former crime reporter with a checkered past who lands at a smallish town newspaper known as the Daily Fluxion. He is hired as an art columnist even though he knows nothing about the subject and proceeds to meet a variety of interesting characters in the community. Qwilleran rents a room from the paper's art critic and gets to know a very special Siamese cat named Kao K'o-Kung or "Koko" as Jim starts to call him. When a local art gallery proprietor is murdered, it begins a series of dark events ... Read More
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