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If you think this very funny book is just about cats, you will be joyfully mistaken. Talk to the Tail also magnificently covers everything from depressed tigers to judgmental horses to mischievous alter ego spaniels to Jon Bon Jovi. I, myself, am allergic to cats, but with Tom's realistic and descriptive powers, I'm definitely not allergic to this book. --Rich Fulcher
If you've ever been owned by a cat, you'll love this. Books about animals can be mawkish, but this one is often hilarious, occasionally sad, and full of the strangeness of sharing your life with a loved pet. --Woman's Weekly
Warm, wryly witty, hilariously observed and more often than not, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny --Easy Living
Even a confirmed and partisan dog person such as myself cannot fail to be charmed by Tom Cox's gently seductive prose and his quirky tales of singular feline behaviour. A delight.
--Stuart Maconie
A book with a sting in the tail that may give pause to even the most cynical petaphobe --Mail On Sunday
If you've ever been owned by a cat, you'll love this. Books about animals can be mawkish, but this one is often hilarious, occasionally sad, and full of the strangeness of sharing your life with a loved pet. --Woman's Weekly
Warm, wryly witty, hilariously observed and more often than not, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny --Easy Living
Even a confirmed and partisan dog person such as myself cannot fail to be charmed by Tom Cox's gently seductive prose and his quirky tales of singular feline behaviour. A delight.
--Stuart Maconie
A book with a sting in the tail that may give pause to even the most cynical petaphobe --Mail On Sunday
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Following on from Tom's life with six cats in UNDER THE PAW, he now picks up the story in TALK TO THE TAIL, updating readers on what has happened with his feline friends as well as looking back for more confessions about his animal-loving past. Readers of Tom's previous book will be delighted to read what has happened to his six eccentric cats. Why does Janet keep bringing 1980s sweet wrappers into the house? And what is it that causes Pablo to morph into a giant red pom-pom (known as "Winter Pablo") as the nights draw in? Tom also writes about his bumbling forays into the remainder of the animal kingdom. He attempts to overcome his crippling fear of horses with disastrous results, chases ostriches in Kenya, puts his hand into a tiger's mouth for 0.9 seconds and he meets his 'alter-doggo' -- the spaniel he regularly walks who likes to roll around in dead animals. Where will it all end? Will Tom give in to temptation and get a dog, a goat or even more cats? With this soppy creature-obsessive, anything is possible. Gerald Durrell has lots of family and other animals, but Tom Cox has MY ANIMALS AND OTHER FAMILY.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Talking tails,
By CVMS "cvms" (sussex) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond (Hardcover)
Following on from the author's previous book, Under The Paw, this second volume is the continuing story of one young man and his six cats. Where both books score over other feline memoirs (that is the owners' memoirs not the cats'. If my own cats are any guide that'd just be 200 pages of 'Riaow...meep') is that while the narrative is charming (and funny and moving) it is absolutely free of the whimsy that often plagues books about pets. While the cats are delighted in and loved, this is the first time I've come across a feline described in print as 'a complete tool'. Talk To The Tail is about more than cats: A brief list might include - dogs, the strange open spaces of Norfolk, relationships, taxidermy (not cat-related and very funny), and gonzo journalism for the slightly faint-hearted. I read the book in a day. It's beautifully written and very engaging. Ideal if you like cats, but just as good if you like people. If you enjoy Bill Bryson you'll like this. The style differs but the dry humour is somewhat similar: Fewer airmiles and more fur and vole faces though.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Another great ramble through Mr Cox's life,
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This review is from: Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond (Hardcover)
I loved Under the Paw and I loved this just as much. Some sad bits - a break up is always hard but the cats seem to have adjusted well! Some very funny bits. I love his descriptions of his cats personalities. All cat owners know that each cat has a separate and distinct personality and Tom manages to capture these on paper so very well.This book focusses on many of the other animals in Tom's life and one gets the impression Tom would have one or six of everything if left unchecked - I can totally relate to this. I have always imagined that I could safely pet a lion or tiger because it would instinctively know I had now wish to hurt it - I get the feeling that Tom thinks pretty much the same. The overwhelming need to befriend any and all animals shines through and I adore him for this. I know The Bear is getting older and Janet (who I love - despite having never met him) has a managed illness and I wonder how I will cope wen nature inevitably takes its course. Please follow Tom on Twitter @tomcox75 Looking forward to the next installment
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More than just a book about cats....,
This review is from: Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond (Hardcover)
For those of you who have read 'Under The Paw' (and if not, you'd better get that too), 'Talk To The Tail' is the follow up. I was expecting more of the same; this is not what I got. Tom has a beautiful, easy style of writing that paints pictures of his life past and present, which at points I found truly heart wrenching. His six cats do not feature as prevalently in this instalment and give us more insight into the author himself. Funny, eloquent, sad and funny again. If you want an entertaining read that takes you through your emotions and certainly has you relating to the personalities and antics of the felines if you too are owned by cats - then this is certainly the book for you. In fact, as I try to write this review, a small grey narcissistic fur ball has climbed onto my lap and is interfering with my typing......
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