The Cat Who Liked Rain [Paperback]

“Maybe this might even be my most important book.” —Henning Mankell

“This is a deep, serious story, written with the lightest of touches and no hint of condescension.”–Guardian for Bridge to the Stars

Mankell’s only book for younger readers tells the story of 7-year old Lucas who is given a beautiful black cat for his birthday. He becomes very fond of it and is devastated when it disappears one rainy night.

Henning Mankell was born in 1948 in Stockholm and grew up in Sweden. At the beginning of the nineties he developed the first novel about an inconspicuous Swedish policeman. The Inspector Wallander novels are now a prize-winning series, consistently at the top of bestseller lists throughout Europe. His novel Sidetracked won the CWA Gold Dagger in 2001. He has worked as an actor, theatre director and manager in Sweden and in Mozambique, where he is head of Teatro Avenida.