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What the critics say

This is a clawed masterpiece . . . A book about being comfortable in your own skin rather than someone else's fur
- Guardian

A darkly comic and richly rewarding story . . . Haig's book shines with originality - in the clever plot and the wit - and has a strong moral core
- Telegraph

I loved To Be A Cat. It's very funny and surprising and somehow the basic concept, which is certainly an unusual one, works brilliantly. I believed every moment . . . Miss Whipmire is a villain from hell but the sense of frustration that Barney has in his dealings with her are quite moving actually; it reminds me of many of the frustrations of childhood. And I absolutely love child protagonists who READ!
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Here is the black comedy that made Matt Haig's Shadow Forest so irresistible
- The Times

A terrific yarn with just the right mix of humour, surprise and page-turning peril
- Independent on Sunday