- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (8 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340836040
- ISBN-13: 978-0340836040
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 708,661 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'An original comic voice - wry, assured, sometimes whimsical and sometimes surreal but throughout refreshingly uncynical . . . the best kind of humour' (Julian Dutton, writer, Alistair MacGowan Show )
'Charming' (Free Press )
'This eccentric memoir has very little to do with the West Midland's favourite conurbation. Instead, it's the rather charming story of Mr Pascoe's own pet, a madcap moggy who can't help but cause mayhem . . . ' (Birmingham Sunday Mercury )
'I read this with tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks.' (Eila Reid, Editor of My Weekly )
'Anyone who loves or knows cats will be able to relate to Chris Pascoe's hilarious and affectionate account of the hapless Birmingham's adventures. I literally cried with laughter.' (Jo Rothery (Editor, Cat World Magazine) )
'Charming' (Free Press )
'This eccentric memoir has very little to do with the West Midland's favourite conurbation. Instead, it's the rather charming story of Mr Pascoe's own pet, a madcap moggy who can't help but cause mayhem . . . ' (Birmingham Sunday Mercury )
'I read this with tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks.' (Eila Reid, Editor of My Weekly )
'Anyone who loves or knows cats will be able to relate to Chris Pascoe's hilarious and affectionate account of the hapless Birmingham's adventures. I literally cried with laughter.' (Jo Rothery (Editor, Cat World Magazine) )
Eila Reid, Editor of My Weekly
'I read this with tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks.'
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Birmingham made me laugh and laugh. I love cats and he is brilliant. Every chapter had me in stitches. Its so weird how I got this book - I was sitting on the beach in Portugal and a girl kept laughing out so loud. She read lots of funny lines out to her friend and she kept laughing too, and so did I! I ended up going over to ask what book she had and I thought I've got to read this. I bought it the day I got home and I'm so glad I did because it totally cheered me of my post holiday blues. So thanks girl on the beach for a very convincing review, and thanks Birmingham too you little loony!!
71 of 72 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I don't often bother writing reviews for books but this one was funny, very funny, and I reckon it deserves one. I'd heard the author on the radio and he made me laugh, so when I saw the book in a shop the same day I glanced at it out of interest and started laughing straight away. I don't usually go for 'cat books' but this isn't exactly that. It's all about a cat yes, but it's more the series of crazy situations the cat gets himself and everyone else into. He's a near on useless cat, as clumsy and thick as two short planks, he can't even beat a sparrow in a one on one. But as the book progresses you get to really like him, as you do the people in this book. Pascoe is a witty writer. He relates each improbable episode so well that you start laughing well before 'the punchline' and even when you guess what's coming, you still laugh until it hurts. When a lot of the cat's maniac actions directly effect him (as in my favourite chapter when the pair of them wreck a whole room between them) Pascoe's resigned irony is hilarious. Each chapter contains a different story, all connected but running like a series of comedy episodes. I also found particularly amusing the three short fantasy scenario chapters, particularly one entitled crackpot theories which is a cleverly daft look at how a future evolved cat civilisation would work. The cat himself, Birmingham is remarkable. His falls, accidents, battles, fire and water antics and sheer bad luck make him one of the best comedy characters to emerge for quite some time. As mentioned, though, it's not all cat. Pascoe pokes a great deal of fun at his own escapades, and exceptionally funny here amongst others was a drunken brawl with a homicidal cat. My wife insisted on reading it after me just to see what I was making all the guffaws and laughing grunts about and she made exactly the same noises.It's difficult to catagorise this book exactly as it's so unusual. It's both a light hearted cat book and a comedy of errors, the humour is all of slapstick, observational, laugh out loud, embarrassing situations and ironic asides. In short it's hilarious, well written and a lot of fun and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes a laugh.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This has to be the funniest book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I had tears of laughter running down my face from start to finish at the antics of Birmingham, so much so that my husband thought I'd gone mad! I adore cats and Chris Pascoe describes Birmingham's "mishaps" so well. I can't wait for more!
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hilariously accurate.
Well, i have to say this book was brilliant, i can't wait to read the next one. i literally couldn't stop laughing from beginnning to end it was hilarious and well written, you... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stressed ebooker
3 Chapters in...
Already laughing like a drain - an absolute MUST for anyone owned by a cat.
Also a wonderful collection of stories to read out loud (i bought this to read to my other half... Read more
Also a wonderful collection of stories to read out loud (i bought this to read to my other half... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kate Bowyer
A light entertaining read!
This book is highly entertaining for cat lovers, poor Brum being pecked at by small garden birds, hilarious! Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mel Jones
Accidents will happen...
And Birmingham is the master!
I had worried that this was going to be too much a 'cat person' book, but no, this was well written and extremely funny, and you don't have to be... Read more
I had worried that this was going to be too much a 'cat person' book, but no, this was well written and extremely funny, and you don't have to be... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gnome-de-plume
A Cat called Birmingham
After reading You Can Take The Cat out of Slough, I really looked forward to this book. I was not disappointed!
Infact, I was just laughing out loud. Read more
Infact, I was just laughing out loud. Read more
Published 10 months ago by C. L. Bryce
Accident Prone Duo
Whilst usually being left in tears from my usual type of reading i thought i'd go for something that would put a smile on my face and without a doubt A Cat Called Birmingham... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Joanne
An entertaining read!
I read this book after someone recommended it to me at a time when I needed cheering up. As an avid reader of 'cat lit' I willingly took up the recommendation and was so glad that... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Carpe diem
Brilliant - a festival of laughs!
Chris Pascoe is an excellent narrator in a sort of "Bridget Jones" way. I loved this collection of stories and have ordered numerous copies to share both in English and in French. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Close Denise
Best cat stories I know
This book should be given to everyone instead of medicine. Whether you like cats or not you will be unable to stop laughing and the owner is not afraid to laugh at himself as... Read more
Published 12 months ago by grannythebuilder
Hilarious
This is one of the funniest books I have ever read, had me howling with laughter all the way through much to the annoyance of my family.
Published 13 months ago by Cat Raven
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