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|title=The Guest Cat

|sort=Guest Cat, The

|publisher=Picador

|date=September 2014

|website=http://takashihiraide.com/

|summary=A Japanese couple are 'adopted' by a local cat and quickly fall in love with her sweet personality and quirky ways.

}}

''The Guest Cat'' had me at the cover. The reflective green material makes the cat's eyes glow and glint eerily in the light. There is something ethereal and otherworldly about this novella and that is before I've even read a single word. This simple story about a Japanese couple and the cat that decides to adopt them has become an international best-seller and I was keen to find out why.