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According to Crowley, the latest mover at the Paperback Booksmith, aside from "Humboldt's Gift" by Nobel laureate Saul Bellow, has been a book titled the "Cat Catalogue" by Judy Fireman. "I guess it is about everything you always wanted to know about cats," Crowley says. "I don't know why it's so popular. I haven't read it, but I suppose you'd have to say people like cats. We can't keep enough of the books on the table...
Cartoon books, such as "Cat" and "Never Eat Anything Bigger than Your Head," both by Kliban, are selling madly at the Harvard Bookstore. Full of pictures and "very funny humor," according to Hewet, these books appeal to students who are looking for gifts and light reading. They are also "hilarious," Hewet adds...
Although Jaqueline S. Osherow '78 selected a less remarkable setting for her vacation--she is house- and cat-sitting for her English professor in Arlington--it suits her purposes well, she says...
...ILLUSTRATED CAT by Jean-Claude Suarès and Seymour Chwast. 72 pages. Harmony Books/Crown. $10.95, hardcover; $5.95, paperback. A fetching concatenation of feline portraits done by celebrated painters, illustrators and cartoonists from Watteau, Manet, Renoir and Picasso to Andrew Wyeth, from Tenniel to Thurber, from Chessie in the C & O berth to Krazy Kat beset by Ignatz Mouse. The text is too kittenish, even for ailurophiles, but the pictures are, well, magnificat...
Several things work in their favor. Williams' central theme of mendacity has been reinforced by the lies of Watergate and Viet Nam; when Cat first appeared in 1955, it did not seem a parable of growing corruption in U.S. life. Time has also enhanced the understanding of Williams. He is no longer seen as the purveyor of grotesque Southern creatures. Gradually, it has become clear that his true terrain is the violated chambers of the human heart...