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Old 12-04-2013, 12:57 PM   #710
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
Here's one to stump the panel. It's certainly stumped me for years, at any rate. It's the story of a catatonic schizophrenic told in the first person, and I haven't the foggiest notion of the author's name. The following quotation from the book's opening is probably so way off target as to be laughable, as it's quoted from a reading that took place probably 45 years ago, but here's the way I remember it:



I thought the name of the book was Cat, but a search of that name brought up nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas?
I think you are right about the title - the book is Cat by Theodore Isaac Rubin, published in 1966. I found some info online:

http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/bryant/details/303

And Library Thing has this:

http://www.librarything.com/work/2538225/reviews

There are used copies for sale on amazon.com

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