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Everybody Wants To Be A Cat.

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A bit of an odd post here, some of you may find it interesting - I hope - but it's here just to show that sometimes our autie brains may have all the knowledge but at the same time know absolutely nothing. Enjoy. Yesterday was the anniversary of THE greatest book ever written being published so naturally I was harping on about it to anyone who would listen. It's Breakfast At Tiffany's if you're wondering. I don't think there has ever been another author (outside Terrance Dicks who basically taught me to read) that's had such a profound effect on me as Truman Capote, from the moment I first read In Cold Blood I was hooked - finally a voice I understood and - more importantly - believed in and quickly devoured everything and anything I could find by or about him. Yup, even Murder By Death on big, bulky VHS. You could say I'm a wee bit of a fan.*   Scarily, looking back I realise that it was this book that first introduced me to such life-shaping ideas as datin