"If you are tempted to use such a phrase as just a cat, the author warns early in his new memoir, I can only hope that you read on and discover not only that she ruled her untamed world, but brought life-affirming purpose to my own."
"Throughout the 352 pages of My Beloved Monster, Carr, an American crime writer and military historian who died earlier this year from cancer aged 68, sets out what may be the most effusive paean to cat love ever committed to paper."
"Within these pages, Masha is not merely beloved pet but partner, confidante, equal. Little wonder, then, that Carr went on to develop a profound mistrust for humanity in general."
"He'd been raised in New York in the 60s and 70s with often violent alcoholic parents. His father, Lucien Carr, was part of the beat crowd and, his son relays, had a habit of knocking me down flights of stairs."
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