“Brilliant…the quality of imagination at play here is something special”TES“These stories are as good, as acute about childhood preoccupations, and at times as disturbing as you would expect”HAPPERS QUEEN“A classic”FINANCIAL TIMES“他低头往软毛中间看，一面用指尖分开软毛，他看到这只猫的皮肤上开了个小口子，就好像他手里捏着的是拉链柄。他又拉，这时出现一道两英寸长的黑色开口。猫儿威廉的呼噜声就是从那儿传出来的。彼得想，也许我能看到他的心脏跳动。有只爪子又轻轻地推他手指，猫儿威廉想让他继续。“……他仰面躺着，把胳膊伸进威廉的前腿，然后扭动着把腿伸进威廉的后腿。他的头在猫头里面严丝合缝。他一眼扫过去，看到自己的身体，刚好看到猫儿威廉的灵魂消失在里面。”