{"product_id":"the-unscratchables-9781416596417","title":"The Unscratchables","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emeets\u003ci\u003e The Simpsons \u003c\/i\u003ein this inventive twist\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eon the hard-boiled detective novel, featuring a world made up exclusively of cats, dogs, and one ruthless fox...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBull terrier Crusher McNash is a no-nonsense homicide detective who eats out of the can and only bathes when his boss orders him to. He's just been thrownaboneaboutagruesome case involving Rottweilers torn apart by a savage killer, and the only lead he's been able to sniff out is \"an impression of movement\" at the murder scene. Crusher suspects the killer is a cat, and there's nothing he hates more than \"the whole cream-lapping, wool-juggling, pajama-wearing, fence-sitting, bird-torturing, furball-coughing lot of them.\" But he'll have to start barking up a different tree if he wants help solving this case as his partner on this case is soymilk-drinking, pressed-suit- wearing Cassius Lap, an agent for the FBI (Feline Bureau of Investigation). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs this odd couple puts their paws together, their investiga- tion takes them from the bow- els of the Kennel into the tony streets of Kathattan. Soon, they begin to uncover a vast con- spiracy involving a cat who has been trained as a super-killer, capable of growing in size and ferocity and killing any dog who gets in his way--and who may be working for a media baron fox. But they'll need to unravel the conspiracy, and quickly, if they want to stop the next killing before it's too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty and irresistibly entertaining, this genre- bending mystery boldly mixes human and animal sensibilities in an entertaining satire of our cur- rent society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416596417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2009 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornelius Kane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40039951990965,"sku":"9781416596417","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6dbe023a-d63f-49a4-b3e3-649132e6daf7.jpg?v=1621339996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-unscratchables-9781416596417","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}