Thereafter, The Savoy decided that they would never again allow thirteen people to sit down together for dinner. Only a few weeks later, he was shot down in his office in Johannesburg, South Africa. One of them scoffed loudly at the suggestion that thirteen might be an unlucky number, said it was so much tosh. “One day, almost a 100 years ago, thirteen men sat down to a dinner party at the Savoy. He was carved in 1927 by the designer Basil Ionides and for his background story, I am just going to retell it in Mr. Morpurgo’s vivid imagination? Oh no, he is very much real and taking up residence in the Savoy Hotel in London, England.
Just because I understand the inquisitiveness of a cat, I will give you some background before you jump blindly into the story.ĭid you know that Kaspar isn’t only a figment of Mr. No, we are not one of those horrible people who read the last page of a book in the beginning of the book. I almost didn’t give this book 5 stars for the simple reason that I would have liked the postscript by the author, to be a preface. Hooray to Michael Morpurgo for bringing Kaspar, the Savoy cat, to life in such a remarkable way. Oh isn’t Kaspar just wonderful! I have to admit, I believe myself to be rather a smitten kitten. Her choice this year, was easily one of my favorite reads in forever! Every year, my Mommy tries to pay homage by reading a Titanic themed book. Today marks the 110 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. After all, he's Prince Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Muscovite, a Londoner and a New Yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic… Because everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around. Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take Johnny - and Kaspar - all around the world, surviving theft, shipwreck and rooftop rescues along the way. Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room.īut Johnny didn't expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress. Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
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