D R Y B R I T I S H H U M O U R
Books by Eric Catt
Ordinary life, slightly off course.
Comic British novels about sensible people, strange coincidences and the moment things stop making sense.
A quiet holiday. A new yoga habit. In Eric Catt’s books, the most unremarkable beginnings lead somewhere nobody could have planned — told with a straight face and a raised eyebrow.
O U T N O W
Complexly Senseless
Partly true. Mostly fiction.
Tom Brewer goes to Positano for sunshine and a rest. He comes home with a puzzle: a chance meeting with a captivating Australian stranger, followed by messages from someone who won’t say who they are.
Moving between the Amalfi Coast and home, it’s a story of half-truths and second-guessing, written with a dry British wit — and drawn in part from something that really happened to the author.
Ebook · Set in Positano and Capri · ISBN 9780957166400
COMING SOON
C O M I N G N E X T
The Secret Art of Navigation
Finding inner peace is difficult enough. Then a water sprite enters your life.
Eric is doing his best to stay calm: stretching, breathing, reading up on the Tao. His friends are not helping. Then along comes Twink, devotee of a yoga style she invented herself, who may not be entirely human. A gentle, odd and thoroughly British comedy about looking for balance in an unbalanced world.
Meet Eric Catt
Eric Catt lives and writes in London. His novels start somewhere familiar — a holiday, a friendship, a well-meant attempt at self-improvement — and then wander off somewhere stranger.
Expect understated humour, characters who don’t quite fit, a mystery or two, and the odd big question tucked in among the jokes.
What readers say
“Complexly Senseless is a captivating novel that manages to live up to its title while still being a thoroughly enjoyable read.”
James Maltby
“Every chapter takes you somewhere you wouldn’t expect, and the author uses humour to good effect to poke fun at the bizarre situations that the characters find themselves in, so it’s not too heavy a read. In the end, Complexly Senseless is exactly what the title promises - bewildering, unpredictable, and strangely profound, it makes for an utterly delightful journey.
James Maltby
“This is one of those rare novels that is playful and unsettling at the same time. Complexly Senseless blends literary fiction, psychological intrigue, and darkly comic absurdity. You trust the reader to stay with the confusion, to sit inside the ambiguity, and to find the meaning not in neat answers, but in lived-in experience. That restraint gives the novel its strange power.
Matt Godwin
“I spent time with Complexly Senseless, and what stands out is how quietly unsettling it becomes. Coincidence, obsession, and anonymity blur into a psychological puzzle that keeps tightening its grip. What feels especially compelling is the pace of the mystery. The story unfolds with restraint and invites the reader to question motive, perception, and identity at every turn.”
Regan v. Quinn
Questions readers ask
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In part. The idea came from a real meeting on the Amalfi Coast and the puzzling messages that arrived afterwards. Eric invented the rest, and leaves readers to decide where the line falls.
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Mostly in Positano, with a trip to Capri, before the story follows Tom back to Britain.
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Comic novels with a dry, very British tone: peculiar people, quiet absurdity and a puzzle running underneath.
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