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Letters of Note: Cats

By: Shaun Usher
Narrated by: Adrian Edmondson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Clarke Peters, Danny Huston, Ferdinand Kingsley, Helen McCrory, Louise Brealey, Mark Strong, Meera Syal, Miriam Margolyes, Natascha McElhone, Neil Gaiman, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Callow, Stephen Fry
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In Letters of Note: Cats, Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions.
A star-studded cast of readers brings the letters to life, with contributions from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Louise Brealey, Simon Callow, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Neil Gaiman, Danny Huston, Toby Jones, Ferdinand Kingsley, Helen McCrory, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Mangan, Miriam Margolyes, Clarke Peters, Juliet Stevenson, Mark Strong and Meera Syal.

The collection features letters by Nikola Tesla, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Frank, Raymond Chandler, John Cheever, Rachel Carson, Jack Lemmon and many more.

Letters of Note: Cats also includes audio exclusive bonus content drawn from recordings made at performances of Letters Live, the live events series produced by Canongate in partnership with SunnyMarch and Shaun Usher. Listen to Toby Jones reading John Cheever’s letter to Susie Herbst and an ensemble cast reading a flurry of letters to the Guardian on the hotly contested topic of ‘cats vs dogs’.

A donation will be made to The National Literacy Trust – one of the regular partner charities for Letters Live – for each audiobook sold.

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Critic reviews

"Praise for Letters of Note: It is hard to see how Letters Of Note could ever be surpassed"
"A wonderful collection of magical missives . . . It'll have you reaching for pen and paper"
"The volume is so well-produced it could become an heirloom, passed down through generations"
"Quite literally the most enjoyable volume it is possible to imagine. Every page is a marvel"
"Addictive, like dipping into a bag of variously tempting assorted candies, knowing that the next one will always bring surprise and pleasure"
"A gloriously presented compilation"
"The literary equivalent of a box of chocolates - bite-sized and pure addictive pleasure . . . The result is beautifully produced, with photographs and colour facsimiles of much of the correspondence. A gorgeous Christmas present"
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Brilliant short stories well read by great actors
Would recommend to everyone who likes cats

Loved it

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A book of letters about cats is likely bought by people who love cats. So tales of grieving for dead cats, shooting cats, chopping off cats tails and skinning cats (this one at least was a joke) seem a strange choice. There were a couple of nice letters in there, but all in all I wish I hadn’t bought this.

So many dead cats

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Actors did a good job reading the letters, not much else to say. Some interesting letters by historical figures as well.

Good

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Again, every second of it. The final letter especially, delmore. Cat after my own heart.

Every letter.

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I was really looking forward to this. Thinking they would be heart warming loving stories. No 6 stories in l gave up. Stories about killing cats, dead cats and dying cats is no ones cup of tea. Ever.

Utterly Depressing

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