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The Cat Inside

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The Cat Inside is an autobiographical novella written by William S. Burroughs and illustrated by Brion Gysin. The book was first published by Grenfell Press in 1986 in an edition of only 133 copies; it was later reissued by Viking Press in 1992 in a mass market hardcover edition.

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GenreMemoir & letters· first published 1986

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A short autobiographical account, under 150 pages, of the author's relationship with the cats in his later life, widening into a history of cats and mankind since ancient Egypt. Also by Burroughs: "Naked Lunch" (1959) and "The Western Lands" (1987).

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