{"product_id":"the-nine-lives-of-a-bookshop-cat-paperback","title":"The Nine Lives Of A Bookshop Cat (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his third life, Kinnosuke belonged to a famous author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNow, in his ninth, he wants nothing more to do with humans, who bring nothing\nbut trouble and suffering. Drawn to the city in search of food, he comes across\nthe Hokuto-do Bookshop, owned by a curious woman who has already given a home\nto four contented cats.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSoon Kinnosuke begins to notice the shop's quirks: there are few customers, but\nit never goes out of business. No stock is ordered, but it never runs out of\nbooks. And the other cats also belonged to famous authors in previous lives. If\nhe wants to know more of its secrets, he will have to reveal his own about the\nlife he shared with the author.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first, he is reluctant, but when a young aspiring writer faces tragedy,\nKinnosuke is drawn into her struggle, confronting the bookshop's hidden past to\nhelp keep her dream alive.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Sylvia Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKentaro Utsugi\u003c\/b\u003e is from Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture.\nHe grew up in a house surrounded by books, and before he knew it, he started\nwriting novels. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest Calls\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in\n2021. \u003ci\u003eThe Nine Lives of a Bookshop Cat\u003c\/i\u003e won the Japan Fantasy\nNovel Grand Prize 2024, judged, among others, by the author Tomihiko Morimi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46098845466831,"sku":"9781529448412","price":29.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_36fd5103-4711-40af-b61b-ab8a5cc364e7.jpg?v=1788751788","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-nine-lives-of-a-bookshop-cat-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}