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  • Published: 4 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698161269
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

The Story of Fester Cat

How One Remarkable Cat Changed Two Men's Lives




I always knew that the rest of my story is gonna be a good one. I don’t know how I knew that, but I always did. Ungow! I am Fester the cat. Welcome to my book, everyone!

From when he first ambled into Paul Magrs’s yard—skinny, covered in flea bites, and missing all but one and a half teeth—Fester knew he’d found his family. Paul and his partner, Jeremy, thought it was the ragged black-and-white stray, tired from a rough life on the streets, who was in desperate need of support. But clever Fester knew better. He understood that it was his newfound owners who needed the help.

Over the course of seven years, the feisty feline turned the quaint Manchester house into a loving home. Through his fierce spirit, strong will, and calming energy, Fester taught Paul and Jeremy how to listen and breathe, how to appreciate the joys of simply sitting and singing (what Fester’s purrs sounded like to his silly humans), and how to find joy and contentment in life, even when dealing with hardship.

This is the true story of an extraordinary little cat whose gentle charm and trusting soul turned two young men into a family.

  • Published: 4 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698161269
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

About the author

Paul Magrs

Paul Magrs was born in 1969 in the North East of England. He has written numerous novels and short stories for adults, teens, children and Doctor Who fans. He teaches Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Praise for The Story of Fester Cat

"A sweet, moving and heartfelt memoir from a companion, philosopher and cool cat."-- Carole Matthews

"It's warm, and funny, and sad, and human. It's full of such tiny details, set in such a small area, and yet those details and that smallness are what make it so profound because it's a book about big, enormous, messy love. I cried at the beginning, and at the end, and in the middle I laughed and soaked it all up."-- Julie Cohen

"What emerges from Fester's account of his adoption of a pair of humans, is a portrait of an enduring relationship, a writing life, of estrangement and love, and the accommodation of damage done. Intimate, moving and with a real lightness of touch, this book's (and this cat's) sense of time - passing, past, and still to come - feels at once hopeful and nostalgic." -- Jo Baker, author of Longbourn.