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A Case of Murder

Vernon Scannell

First published 1977
Type Poem

A 9-year-old boy kills a cat and hides its body, but he is troubled by its presence in the house ever afterward.

First published in The Book of Cats (ed. George MacBeth and Martin Booth), Secker & Warburg, 1976.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1977 Cover The Book of Cats William Morrow Anthology 252
1979 Cover The Book of Cats Penguin Books Anthology 313
1980 Points of View Book 1 Ward, Lock Anthology 132