The Unadulterated Cat

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The Unadulterated Cat
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First edition
Author Terry Pratchett
Illustrator Gray Jolliffe
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Subject Cat behavior
Genre Humour
Publisher Gollancz (1989, 1992)
Orion (2002)
Media type Hardcover and paperback
Pages160
ISBN 978-0-7528-5369-7

The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, is a book written to promote what Pratchett terms the 'Real Cat', a cat who urinates in the flowerbeds, rips up the furniture, and eats frogs, mice and sundry other small animals. The opposite of the Real Cat is the 'Fizzy Keg Cat', a well-behaved and bland kind, as seen on cat food advertisements. It was first published 1989 by Gollancz.

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