Saki's Cats

<p class=ql-align-justify><em>Saki's Cats </em>rounds up the tales about cats big and small by the undisputed master of the short story.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>'Tobermory' one of Saki's most famous pieces demonstrates the danger that would ensue from granting cats the power of speech - animals have long lurked unseen eavesdropping in the background. The tom in 'The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat' is the only one to enjoy his meal as is the leopard in 'The Guests'. In 'The Penance' and 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger' hunters who put cats in their sights are humiliated and blackmailed. 'The Achievement of the Cat' considers how cats have come to be served by the human race.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>In addition to the short stories about cats <em>Saki's Cats</em> also collects Saki's juvenile letters to his sister Ethel about the tiger cub he adopted while living in Burma.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>The feisty felines of these tales are the only clear winners and with a characteristic smirk and dash of his pen it is Edwardian Society that Saki sends slinking off tail between its legs.</p>