The Cat Who Liked Rain [Paperback]

"Maybe this might even be my most important book." --Henning Mankell
"This is a deep, serious story, written with the lightest of touches and no hint of condescension."-"Guardian" for "Bridge to the Stars"

Bestselling author Henning Mankell's only book for young readers.

This is the story of young Lucas who gets a most precious present for his birthday, a black kitten which he calls Night. Lucas becomes very attached to Night but one day Lucas comes home from school and discovers that his beloved cat has disappeared. He is desperate and no one is able to console him. He searches for Night everywhere and doesn't stop hoping for his return. It's only sometime later that Night appears in his dreams and tells him that he had to leave to see the world, just as Lucas will do one day when he has grown up.

A wise, gentle and moving story unlike anything Mankell has ever written.

Lukas receives the most precious birthday present ever - a little black kitten he calls 'Night'. Lukas loves him. So when Night disappears, Lukas is desperate, and searches for him everywhere. Has his little cat really gone out to see the world?

A wise, gentle and moving story from the bestselling and prize-winning author, Henning Mankell.

Henning Mankell was born in 1948 in Stockholm and grew up in Sweden. At the beginning of the nineties he developed the first novel about an inconspicuous Swedish policeman. The Inspector Wallander novels are now a prize-winning series, consistently at the top of bestseller lists throughout Europe. His novel Sidetracked won the CWA Gold Dagger in 2001. He has worked as an actor, theatre director and manager in Sweden and in Mozambique, where he is head of Teatro Avenida.