Today I am posting a review about a very good cat book I just finished reading. The book is "Charles: The Story of a Friendship" written by Michael Joseph. The author of this book was one of the major players in the British book publishing industry.
This book tells the story of the author's friendship with a Siamese cat named Charles. Nothing momentous happens in the book, it is just the author relating to his readers the everyday relationship he had with his cat and how the two of them grew as friends over the years together.
When Mr. Joseph first brought Charles to live with him, Siamese cats were rare in Britain. One funny story in the book deals with a man that Joseph knows trying to figure out what kind of animal Charles is.
One section of the book deals with the years during the beginning of World War II. Michael Joseph was called into military service as an officer. He decided to take Charles with him, and the pair spent a couple of years together in the army until Joseph was granted a medical discharge.
In addition to the nice story about a man and his favorite cat, I enjoyed reading about life in England before the start of World War II. I also enjoyed the author's writing style. He has what some now consider an "old-fashioned" style of writing, but it is a style I have always liked to read.
This book contains absolutely no objectionable material, and it is perfectly suited for all ages.
On a side note, Michael Joseph is the publishing house that gave my favorite author James Herriot his break. The rest is publishing history.
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