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The Cat Who Went Bananas

  • 280 pages ยท about 5 hours
  • First published 2004
  • 14 editions

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1 About this book

Somehow, prizewinning reporter Jim Qwilleran and his extraordinary Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum always land on their feet in the beloved bestselling series...

With the opening night of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest fast approaching--along with the dedication of the new bookstore in town--good times are ahead for the citizens of Pickax. But the merry atmosphere is dampened by the suspicious death of an out-of-town actor and the theft of a rare book. Qwill finds himself distracted from the recent events by his finicky pal Koko, who's been acting more fishy than feline. Has Koko gone bananas, or is he trying to let the cat out of the bag to help Qwill solve the dual mysteries?

Good for readers who want: a cozy mystery and cats.

  • Cozy Mystery
  • Small Town
  • Cats
  • Siamese cats
  • Country life
  • Mystery
  • Amateur Sleuth
  • Journalists

2 About Lilian Jackson Braun

1913โ€“2011

Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913 โ€“ June 4, 2011) was an American writer known for her light-hearted series of The Cat Who... mystery novels. The Cat Who books features newspaper journalist Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, Koko (short for Kao K'o Kung) and Yum Yum, first in an unnamed midwestern American city and then in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County "400 miles north of everywhere".

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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