{"product_id":"scribbling-the-cat-9781447262534","title":"Scribbling the Cat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Alexandra 'Bo' Fuller was in Zambia a few years ago visiting her parents, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a 'tough bugger'. Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him: 'Curiosity scribbled the cat,' he told Bo. Nonetheless, Fuller began her strange friendship with the man she calls K, a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian War. With the same fiercely beautiul prose that won her such acclaim for \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, Fuller here recounts her friendship with K.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He is, seemingly, a man of contradictions. Tattooed, battle-scarred, and weathered by farm work, K is a lion of a man, feral and bulletproof. Yet he is also a born-again Christian, given to weeping when he recollects his failed romantic life and welling up inside with memories of battle. For his war, like all wars, was a brutal one, marked by racial strife, jungle battles, brutal tortures, and the murdering of innocent c\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090897826135,"sku":"9781447262534","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447262534.jpg?v=1762273725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scribbling-the-cat-9781447262534","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}