9 Talking Cat Stories

with Chester and Roland

One night Roland, a low-level lit instructor, awakes to hear someone ask, "Can you keep a secret?" He flips on the light and finds no-one in the room except a large, scruffy orange cat. "Well, can you?" asks the cat.This funny and exciting collection of talking cat stories featuring Chester the cat and Roland, his human friend, follows them through their adventures. They meet Sierra Pete, the 70-year-old bank robber who takes them captive and tries to force Roland to be his getaway driver. They encounter a woman who is hiding from government agents, who comes to think that Chester is, in fact, the invisible man loose from a secret experiment. Chester is constantly frustrated by Roland's weakness for dangerous blonde women, especially Gloria Velveteen, who has Roland beaten up and later thrown in jail before attempting once again to seduce him. The collection includes the "Rabbi and the Talking Cat," Chester's origin story, in which, as a young cat, he is rescued from bullies by a kindly rabbi who teaches him to read. This collection is sure to surprise and delight anyone who has ever known a truly special cat.