The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

May 31, 2009

May 31, 1991

Angus Wilson was a British writer--literary criticism, biography, novels. He died on May 31, 1991. He was such a cat lover, that another critic was surprised Wilson could calmly recount how Kipling, walking with Gilbert Murray,at the age of sixteen, could throw stones at a cat in Kensington Gardens.
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