The Cat and The City 'Vibrant and accomplished' David Mitchell

<p><b><u>A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick</u></b><br><br><b>''A</b><b> love letter to Japan and its literature'' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan</b><b><br><br>''Ingenious... Touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''An ideal tonic for anyone craving far-flung adventure'' </b><i><b>Mail on Sunday</b></i><b><br><br>''If you''re itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell...try this'' <i>The Times</i></b><br><b>_______________</b><br><br>In Tokyo - one of the world''s largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways.<br><br>But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat or