{"product_id":"jeoffry-the-poets-cat-9780750999311","title":"Jeoffry: The Poet's Cat","description":"\u003cb\u003e'An inspired and original tale ... Jeoffry is the greatest cat in the English language' Hilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simply unforgettable ... one of the most beautiful and haunting books of recent times' Alexander McCall Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A heart-lifting delight; I absolutely loved it. A triumph' Alexandra Harris\u003c\/b\u003e Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written. Prize-winning biographer Oliver Soden combines meticulous research with passages of dazzling invention to recount the life of the cat praised as 'a mixture of gravity and waggery'. The narrative roams from the theatres and bordellos of Covent Garden to the cell where Smart was imprisoned for mania. At once whimsical and profound, witty and deeply moving, Soden's biography plays with the genre like a cat with a toy. It tells the story of a poet and a poem, while setting Jeoffry's life and adventures against the roaring backdrop of eighteenth-century London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14570068\"\u003eOliver Soden\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750999311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0750999314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PET\"\u003ePets\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PET003000\"\u003eCats | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005020\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Soden\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and broadcaster. His first book, a biography of the composer Michael Tippett, was a Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e. It was shortlisted for the Elizabeth Longford Prize and won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Storytelling. Soden's essays and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of publications including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eArt Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up in Bath and Sussex, and lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483413147885,"sku":"9780750999311","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2ad688f5-a719-45bf-96c2-7e790c39fc2e.jpg?v=1700773788","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/jeoffry-the-poets-cat-9780750999311","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}