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A darkly comic novel with observations about modern cultural preoccupations, such as the growing influence of the Internet on teenagers' mindset and behaviour and the tourist money and decay in British seaside towns.
The towns are realistically and atmospherically evoked, along with the politics, rivalries, and power play between the domestic animals and seagulls, which are harshly depicted but entertaining.
A seagull in an English seaside town acquires a taste for hunting and killing cats. Embarking on a killing spree, the bird inadvertently adds to an adolescent boy's woes while causing paranoia in local cats.
As the cat population diminishes, an Abyssinian cat happens upon the truth and sets out to restore natural law where cats are the predators, and birds are their victims.
Although media and public pressure to catch the cat killer builds, a recession and the uncertainty of Brexit means the underfunded civil service isn't too interested in solving cat deaths.
Eventually, after much public pressure, two constables are put on the case, and after stumbling upon evidence via social media, they find their killer. Unfortunately, their deductive reasoning is flawed, resulting in an innocent teenager taking the fall.
A wildlife-loving elderly lady, aware of nature's cruelty, suffers as the seagull and his family reside on her roof.
Nature is cruel, but the bloated British civil service is more cruel. And corrupt and stupid, too.
Most species try to protect their families, but life is hard, and DNA adapts slowly to cope with environmental changes. While most evolve for the better, humans seem to get worse.
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