The Cat Who Brought Down the House
The Cat Who Brought Down the House is the 25th Cat Who novel by Lilian Jackson Braun, published by Putnam in New York in January 2003. Thelma Thackeray, a Moose County native who made her fortune in Hollywood, comes home at 82 and turns Pickax's empty opera house into a film club.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Isis, 2003
- First published
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2003
- First UK edition
- Headline, 2003
- Series
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The first edition of The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun was published in Oxford by Isis in 2003. We track 2 editions.
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- Comes after
- The Cat Who Went Up The Creek
- Followed by
- The Cat Who Talked Turkey
In print
- Editions recorded
- 12 on Open Library, 7 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 1 language
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
More by Lilian Jackson Braun
- The Cat Who Could Read Backwards1966 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern1967 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Turned on and Off1968 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Saw Red1986 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Played Brahms1987 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Played Post Office1987 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Had 14 Tales1988 · 2 editions
- The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare1988 · 2 editions
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Who published the first edition of The Cat Who Brought Down the House?
The first edition of The Cat Who Brought Down the House by Lilian Jackson Braun was published in Oxford by Isis in 2003.
How many editions of The Cat Who Brought Down the House are there?
We track 2 editions of The Cat Who Brought Down the House, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
What should I read after The Cat Who Brought Down the House?
In order, it follows The Cat Who Went Up The Creek and it is followed by The Cat Who Talked Turkey, according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Cat Who Brought Down the House, Publishers Weekly (publishersweekly.com)
- The Cat Who Brought Down the House, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Cat Who Brought Down the House editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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