Saki''s Cats

Sakis Cats rounds up the tales about cats, big and small, by the undisputed master of the short story. Tobermory, one of Sakis most famous pieces, demonstrates the danger that would ensue from granting cats the power of speech animals have long lurked unseen, eavesdropping, in the background. The tom in The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat is the only one to enjoy his meal, as is the leopard in The Guests. In The Penance and Mrs Packletides Tiger, hunters who put cats in their sights are humiliated and blackmailed. The Achievement of the Cat considers how cats have come to be served by the human race. In addition to the short stories about cats, Sakis Cats also collects Sakis juvenile letters to his sister Ethel about the tiger cub he adopted while living in Burma. The feisty felines of these tales are the only clear winners, and, with a characteristic smirk and dash of his pen, it is Edwardian Society that Saki sends slinking off, tail between its legs. See more