Labels - Limited Edition

'. . . Like everyone else, I was reduced to extreme torpor and inactivity by the advent of television . . . After a couple of years I realised that I was suffering from the frustration of having no interests in life, and searched around for something to do . . . It occurred to me that a comprehensive collection of catfood labels might one day be of considerable interest to historians of industry, and that to be a connoisseur of catfood labels would surely be a sufficiently rare phenomenon for me to be able to become an eminent authority in a comparatively short time . . .'

Coinciding with the publication of 'A Bird Without Wings', the most eagerly anticipated novel of the year and Louis de Bernières's first major work in a decade, here is a new, Limited Edition of 'Labels', his quirkily affectionate short story debut.

The tale of an obsession, with tender moments and gristly bits, this canny saga will delight cooks, collectors and cat-lovers, and teach public inspectors a thing or two.