Tobermory

Saki: A peerless writer mown down by the scythe of war. IT is obvious that Saki, whose real name is Hector Hugh Munro, loves playing cat-and-mouse games with his readers as well as between the characters of his short stories. Besides, from start to finish he keeps his readers in fits as his tales are......more

Teaching domestic cats to talk would certainly be an amazing scientific accomplishment - but are you sure we'd really want to hear what they have to say? Here, a group of guests at a hoity-toity British dinner party learn that they absolutely do not want to hear from the cat. This really isn't one f......more

Originally published in The Chronicles of Clovis, Tobermory the talking cat has acquired a life of his own (ironically, considering the fate of the cat in the story). Somehow I feel that if cats were actually able to report what they saw and overheard it would be even more unflattering and disastrous......more

(I have just reread this story, as I will do again in the future, and was once more overwhelmed by the sheer genius of this incredibly funny story). What can I say about this wonderful story? First if you have not read it or have not read anything by Saki then you are 'like one looking through a glas......more