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First edition, first printing hardback. Published without a dustjacket. Great pictorial boards by artist Steve Upham. Mint and unread. A Benji Spriteman Mystery. “John Travis’s first novel is a noir-styled murder mystery with deft touches of both Comedy and Science Fiction genres but primary is the honouring of the classic hard-boiled detective novels of the 1940’s. Benji Spriteman takes over the Spriteman Detective Agency after the world is changed by “The Terror”, resulting in the animal kingdom moving from four legs to two and banishing the now crazy human population from existence to become the dominant species. Oh, and by the way, Benji Spriteman is a sentient, six-foot tall, suit-wearing, Tortoiseshell cat. Yes, that is a bit of a jolt … especially to Benji. Animal Farm meets The Big Sleep.” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH