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Meet Patience Portefeux, 53, an underpaid Franco-Arab judicial interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specialises in telephone tapping. Widowed after the sudden death of her husband, Patience is now wedged between university fees for her two grown-up daughters and nursing home costs for her ageing mother. She’s laboured for 25 years to keep everyone’s heads above water.

Unable to find work in his field, Joseph Ponthus enlists with a temp agency and starts to pick up casual shifts in the fish processing plants and abattoirs of Brittany. Day after day he records with infinite precision the nature of work on the production line: the noise, the weariness, the dreams stolen by the repetitive nature of exhausting rituals and physical suffering. But he finds solace in a life previously lived. Shelling prawns, he dreams of Alexandre Dumas. Pushing cattle carcasses, he recalls Apollinaire.

In the third book of the Pelle No-Tail series, Pelle catches up with lots of friends, old and new. But always lurking nearby is Måns, keen to cause trouble. It's time to sing! When Måns asks Pelle to sing a song at the Big Swing Fair, Pelle is pleased. Maybe Måns has decided to be his friend? But, as always, Måns has something else in mind. What tricky things is he planning? Can Pelle stand up for himself? Find out in this fun-filled tale featuring holiday adventures, trolls, spies and, of course, Pelle - Sweden's favourite cat.

Pelle No-Tail is at it again.... Join Sweden's favourite cat on more of his exciting adventures. All aboard! Pelle might have no tail, but he never lets that get in the way of an adventure. While on holiday with his family, he plays 'ship's cat' on an exciting outing to a desert island. But as darkness falls, he wonders...will he ever make it back home? Join Sweden's favourite cat as he explores, makes new friends and gets into all sorts of trouble.

Meet Pelle No-Tail - Sweden's favourite cat! Little Pelle has no tail - it was bitten off by a rat when he was a kitten! But he doesn't let that bother him. When Pelle leaves the farm where he was born and goes to live in the city, he meets lots of new friends and has all sorts of exciting adventures. But he also meets the nasty tomcat Måns, who loves nothing better than to make life difficult for Pelle.... Parents and children alike will adore these charming classics, now translated into English for the very first time.