Cat and Mouse
novel by Grass
Also known as: “Katz und Maus”
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Cat and Mouse (Katz und Maus) is a 1961 novel by German author Günter Grass. It is the second work in his "Danzig trilogy," following The Tin Drum and preceding Dog Years. The novel is a grotesquely imaginative retrospective on the Nazi era.12
The phrase "cat and mouse" itself describes behavior characterized by toying with or tormenting something before its destruction, or a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes.3
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