The Cat and The City

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick

''A love letter to Japan and its literature'' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

''Ingenious... Touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking'' Guardian

''An ideal tonic for anyone craving far-flung adventure'' Mail on Sunday

''If you''re itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell...try this'' The Times
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In Tokyo - one of the world''s largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways.

But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat or