Review
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
Product Description
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.
About the Author
Tom Cox's writing has appeared in the Sunday Times, Observer, Mail on Sunday, Guardian and Independent. He lives in Norfolk. www.tom-cox.com
