Making the Cat Laugh-Lynne Truss, 9780007355235

Fourth Estate

Making the Cat LaughAuthor(s): Lynne Truss\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom\nImprint: Fourth Estate Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780007355235, 978-0007355235\nSynopsis\nOne woman's journal of single life on the margins.\n\nA brilliant collection of Lynne Truss journalism recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative Bridget Jones.\n\nFor seven long years, starting in The Listener in 1988 and continuing in The Times and Woman's Journal, Lynne Truss has been trying to make her cat laugh. It has been an uphill task, which is why she deserves this book, a recognition of outstanding courage in the face of futility. Along the way, 'Margins', 'Single of Life' and 'One Woman's Journal' have collected a band of devoted fans, yet still the cat remains unimpressed.\n\nNever have so many jokes about Kitbits been found in such concentration as in Making the Cat Laugh. But under the headings such as 'The Single Woman Considers Going Out but .