''The Cat Who Went to Paris'' is a short memoir by

Peter Gethers Peter Gethers (born 1955) is an American publisher, screenwriter and author of television shows, films, newspaper and magazine articles, and novelist; the author of several books, including the bestseller '' The Cat Who Went to Paris'', published ...

that documents his life with his

cat The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...

Norton, a

Scottish Fold The Scottish Fold is a breed of domestic cat with a natural dominant gene mutation that affects cartilage throughout the body, causing the ears to "fold", bending forward and down towards the front of the head, which gives the cat what is o ...

(published in the UK as ''A Cat Called Norton''). It spurred two sequel books, ''

A Cat Abroad ''A Cat Abroad'' is the second short novel by Peter Gethers that documents his life with his cat Norton, a Scottish Fold. It was preceded by ''The Cat Who Went to Paris ''The Cat Who Went to Paris'' is a short memoir by Peter Gethers that docume ...

'' () and '' The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Final Adventures of Norton, the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Human'' (). Literary critic and scholar Charles Limley has remarked that ''The Cat Who Went to Paris'' "may be one of the finest pieces of feline-inspired literary production since '' The Cat Who…'' series. The bold artistic vision of Gethers and his paw-padded companion is matched only by the force of Gethers' cutting prose. A true mast-purrrr-piece."

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