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A feel-good novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Rosie Project, about an eccentric, language-loving bachelor and the cat that opens his eyes to life�??s little pleasures

The Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick:
�??A delightfully absurd, life-affirming celebration. I literally stood up and cheered as I read the last page.�?�

When Samuel, a lonely linguistics lecturer, wakes up on New Year�??s Day, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing more than passive verbs and un-italicized moments�??until an unexpected visitor slips into his Barcelona apartment and refuses to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, becomes the catalyst that leads Samuel from the comforts of his favorite books, foreign films, and classical music to places he�??s never been (next door) and to people he might never have met (a neighbor with whom he�??s never exchanged a word). Even better, the Catalan cat leads him back to the mysterious Gabriela, whom he thought he�??d lost long before, and shows him, in this international bestseller for fans of The Rosie Project, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, and A Man Called Ove, that sometimes love is hiding in the s