Tailpieces

by Deric Longden

50 amusing short stories for cat lovers by Emmy and BAFTA-winning author Deric Longden. Broadcaster and speaker, he has written many widely-acclaimed books The Cat Who Came in From the Cold, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, Enough to Make a Cat Laugh, A Play On Words and Paws In the Proceedings. Each demonstrate his unique blend of humour, observation and his fun and adventures with his various adoptive cats. Tailpieces is a special personal collection of his favourite short stories and articles on cats. Diana’s Story, published in 1989, some years after his wife Diana's death, was a bestseller. The book hit the Sunday Times best seller list straight away and won the NCR book award. It was followed by Lost for Words. They were adapted for television, the first under the title Wide-Eyed and Legless, and an adaptation of Lost for Words. Both were nominated for multiple BAFTAs and Lost For Words, screened in January 1999 and repeated in 2012 after the death of Pete Postlethwaite, attracted an audience of more than 12 million viewers and won the Emmy for best foreign drama and a BAFTA for Thora Hird as best actress.

330 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 2012

Reviews

[Gracel lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always enjoyed

Debris I have always enjoyed your cat's as you have made each personality come alive. I guess they are to old now for anymore adventures.
Thank you
Grace Lee. Writer of Peta the Golden cat books

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deric Longden is one of my favourite authors & I absolutely loved this collection of short stories about all his cats.

[Fiona · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only 3 stars because......

Nearly all these short stories in this book except for two... are all in Deric's other Cat books...

So three stars cos I have read them before and no mention in the discription that that these are from his other books.. I was so excited when I downloaded this because I thought that it was new stuff...

However they are funny and I love the internal dialogue that Deric makes up for the Cats talking to him.... very amusing... So 5 stars cos they are terrific.

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was lovely to step back into the gentle, quirky world of Deric Longden and his cats for a moment after a long absence. Several of these short stories make longer apearences in books of his that I have read, but that is not a problem as they, like Deric himself, Aileen, Thermal, Tigger, William, Little Chap and all Tigger's friends and vagabonds that she takes under her wing, are welcome whenever they want to drop by for a cup of tea or to perk up the paperclips and keep them on their toes.

[Angela Verdenius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amusing, fun and a downright darn good read. Light and entertaining - really, who doesn't love cats with personalities and their owners with matching ones? LOL