Review: Kitty Muse Book Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
Review of “The Zombie, The Cat, and Barack Obama”, by Christopher Antony MeadeBringing home something from the park, such as a leaf, a pebble, or pictures of ducks is a fine and happy thing to do.  Walking something home on the bottom of your shoe, not so much.  But it’s worlds ahead of passing through a cemetery and bringing home—a zombie.Yet this is what happens to young Christopher Anton (similarity of names is purely coincidental, I’m sure.).  One Julian Faversham, late of Mr. Anton’s current address in Wimbledon, decides to return to his former dwelling, and his beloved piano, which still resides at said flat.  Instead of eating the essential bits of his host, Julian plays the piano for him and his cat.  Christopher decides that this is better than becoming lunch, so he allows this arrangement.Of course, the ambience, if you will, of a zombie cannot be kept quiet for long, and it all ends in tears for everyone except the zombie.  And the cat.Which is where I should remind all cat owners:  be careful what your cat eats; what is lying around the house could make a change for life—or unlife, as it were.So we have the cat and the zombie—where does Barack Obama fit in?  I will not go into that here.  His ancestry, and his relationship to another cat which shall not be named in this missive, is an adventure the reader will have to go on for him/herself.Rest assured, there are many characters along this journey—the Illuminati, the Three Pigs, Area 51, and Osama bin Laden, just to name a few.  And who knew the Cheshire Cat was a hit-for-hire?Honestly, reading this book was like listening to the ravings of a nutter uncle.  (If you don’t have a nutter uncle, do contact Mt. Meade; I’m pretty certain he hires out.)  It is an experience not to be missed.  Absolutely hilarious, and in no way does he put down anyone—although Michele O. is exposed as a snorer; well, the best usually are.  Now, perhaps the Illuminati and the Three Pigs might be upset about their secret being exposed, but I can’t help that, now can I?The way that all of these characters are intertwined is a path even Alice of Wonderland fame would have fun treading.  I hope Mr. Meade continues writing in this vein—he is a comic genius.