Oliver Soden

‘I had once been a cat’ – the feline fantasies of Caleb Carr

When Carr’s beloved Masha, a Siberian Forest rescue cat, predeceased him by just two years, he bade farewell to ‘my other self’, believing that there was now less of himself left to die

Caleb Carr. Credit: Patty Clayton 
issue 26 October 2024
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  • My Beloved Monster: Masha, the half-wild Rescue Cat that Rescued Me

    Caleb Carr

    Allen Lane, pp. 352, £25

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