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Title: The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun: A Parody by Robert Kaplow ISBN: 1-893224-84-8 Publisher: New Millenium Pr Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (69 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: If you are bored with Braun's recent books, this may be...
Comment: ...just what the doctor ordered!
I love the Lilian Jackson Braun "The Cat Who..." series, especially the first five or six books. I have read at least a dozen, and I would count myself as a fan... but I have stopped reading her stories in recent years because I have found them meandering and uninteresting.
As I became increasingly impatient with Ms. Braun's writing, I started noticing my mind wandering as I read her books. I started to wonder about the lead character, James Qwilleran. Does Q ever have sex? Does he ever defecate? These questions are answered, to hilarious excess, through Robert Kaplow's introduction of James Qafka.... the alternate-universe Qwilleran! The beloved Q has certainly undergone a metamorphosis, from a resident of the kingdom of purity and light to... well... let's just say the anti-Q is more realistically human, in a very base way!
My only real criticism of Kaplow's book is that Qafka's Siamese cats did not play a greater part. As a cat owner, I feel Ms. Braun has a good grasp of feline psychology. I love the way she integrates Qwilleran's cats, Koko and Yum-Yum, into her stories. I can think of about a dozen cat-related grotesqueries Kaplow could have perpetrated upon his helpless readers...
And yes, the book has pornographic sequences. I found these sections to be rudely humorous, but readers who find such writing offensive should skip this book.
I suspect Kaplow is actually a Lilian Jackson Braun fan, and that his attitude is probably "sometimes you have to make fun of what you love." I hope he loves other series by famous authors, and that we will see more of his subversive writing soon.
Rating: 1
Summary: Pitiful Parody
Comment: This sounded like great fun, but turned out to be a major disappointment. I found the writing disjointed, the plot garbled, the character(s) insulting and the ending a cheat. In stead of getting a sly, witty take-off on the Cat Who series, I got a mean-spirited dig at another author's success. Who needs it?
Rating: 5
Summary: PARODY! PARODY! PARODY!
Comment: To the legions of quaking old biddies who find this book offensive: read the title: it's a parody! It's not a fan letter. And what's so appealing (to this reader anyway) is that the parody is broad enough to satirize popular fiction, mysteries, small towns, Philip Roth, Laugh-In, Dashiell Hammett, George Bush. If you want to laugh outloud, this is the book for you. If you're looking to send a Valentine to Lilian Jackson Braun, then buy her some chocolates, not a sharp-witted novel like this one.
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Title: The Private Life of the Cat Who: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from the Journals of James MacKintosh Qwilleran by Lilian Jackson Braun ISBN: 039915132X Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 23 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun ISBN: 0399151079 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun ISBN: 0399149422 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Short & Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Mackintosh Qwilleran by Lilian Jackson Braun, James Mackintosh Qwilleran ISBN: 0399149562 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 14 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Cat Who...Companion by Sharon A. Feaster ISBN: 0425186423 Publisher: Prime Crime Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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