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Description
Winstanley Fortescue, Shakespearean actor and ladies' man (with the
morals of an alley cat, according to his wife Miranda), is pushed
off a ladder, lands on Monty, the theater's cat, and awakes in the
role of his life. His horror at regaining consciousness as a
cat--"The . . . tip ? Of his . . . tail ? . . . Twitched ?"--wears
off as he realizes he's disguised and well equipped to track down
his would-be killer, if he can endure the outrage of the litter pan
and control his new interest in mice. Meanwhile, Monty, occupying
the actor's body, sits "with a meltingly sweet smile on his face"
and doesn't have much to say until he taps the actor's repertoire
of dialogue from plays past--complete with accents. Miranda chalks
up "Win's" oddities to concussion, although she does wonder at his
sudden fondness for fish. Of the two mysteries here, murder takes
second billing to the question of how and when Monty and Win will
regain their true natures. The solution to this problem, the
discovery of the would-be murderer--and the reason why Win,
restored to his own body, suggests the name "Kitty" for the child
he and Miranda are expecting--should all keep an audience rapt.
Babson's ( Past Regret ) comic latest is, quite simply, the cat's
meow.
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originally posted by anonymous on 2005-05-01, no edits, entryid=1722
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