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Cat O' Nine Tales
by Jeffrey Archer
Drawings by Jeffrey Archer
1st Edition 2006 

Cat O' Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller. These yarns are ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions, and with the added bonus of illustrations by the internationally acclaimed artist, Ronald Searle.

While incarcerated for two years in five different prisons, Jeffrey Archer picked up several ideas for short stories. They range from the tale of The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office to the story of a company chairman who tried to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg - both with unexpected consequences. In another, Maestro, an Italian restaurateur ends up in jail, unable to explain to the tax man how he can afford a yacht, a Ferrari and a home in Florence, while only declaring a profit of £100,000 a year.

The Red King is a tale about a con man who discovers that an English Lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune. In another tale of deception, The Commissioner, a Bombay con artist ends up in the morgue after he uses the police chief as bait in his latest scam. The Alibi reveals how a convict manages to remove an old enemy while he's locked up in jail, and then set up two prison officers as his alibi. In total contrast is the accountant, who, in Charity Begins at Home, realizes he has achieved nothing in his life and sets out to make a fortune before he retires.

And then there is Archer's favourite, which he came across after leaving prison, In the Eye of the Beholder, in which a handsome premier division footballer falls in love with a twenty- stone woman who just happens to be the ... ninth richest woman in Italy.

Jeffrey Archer is the only author to have topped the bestseller lists for fiction and non-fiction, as well as short stories, with sales of over 120 million copies. Some old lags may have provided the inspiration for Cat O' Nine Tales, but the author has woven sad, witty and unforgettable yarns, enhanced with hilarious illustrations by Ronald Searle, which will make this book the ultimate Christmas gift.

The author has served five years in the House of Commons, fourteen years in the House of Lords and two in Her Majesty's prisons, which spawned three highly acclaimed Prison Diaries.

Condition - Excellent - As New 
Hardcover 
Published in 2006 by Macmillan 
ISBN : 978-0-230-01493
Length - 262 pages

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