The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun

by Robert Kaplow
The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun

by Robert Kaplow

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Overview

One of America's most beloved writers, Lilian Jackson Braun—author of twenty-four Cat Who... mysteries—becomes the subject of a mystery herself. In this spoof by one of her most ardent admirers, Braun's beheaded body has been discovered in the men's room of a gay bar in Lower Manhattan. The police are baffled, and so it is up to Braun's eccentric writer friend, James Q. (Qafka), and his Siamese cats Ying-Ton and Poon-Tang to solve the ghastly mystery. Q.'s quest leads him on a hilarious, ribald chase that's a cross between a story by Lenny Bruce and Dashiell Hammett. Before it's done, we've encountered Pulitzer Prize-winning Philip Roth, a sex-starved suburban housewife, a mysterious Hollywood diary, Britney Spears, an ancient secret society, and two gifted cats whose trail of urine and hairballs leads Q. and his spunky undergraduate assistant to finally unravel the riddle of which cat killed Lilian Jackson Braun.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781614670124
Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.
Publication date: 06/01/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 221
Sales rank: 784,185
File size: 880 KB

About the Author

Robert Kaplow is a novelist and satirist, whose books include Who's Killing the Great Writers of America?, Playland, and Me and Orson Welles.

Table of Contents

Prefaceix
Introduction: Eat That Frog1
1Set the Table7
2Plan Every Day in Advance13
3Apply the 80/20 Rule to Everything19
4Consider the Consequences25
5Practice the ABCDE Method Continually31
6Focus on Key Result Areas35
7Obey the Law of Forced Efficiency41
8Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin47
9Do Your Homework51
10Leverage Your Special Talents57
11Identify Your Key Constraints61
12Take It One Oil Barrel at a Time67
13Put the Pressure on Yourself71
14Maximize Your Personal Powers75
15Motivate Yourself into Action81
16Practice Creative Procrastination85
17Do the Most Difficult Task First89
18Slice and Dice the Task93
19Create Large Chunks of Time97
20Develop a Sense of Urgency101
21Single Handle Every Task105
Conclusion: Putting It All Together109
Learning Resources of Brian Tracy International115
Index121
About the Author127
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