Cat O'Nine Tales (ISBN 0-230-01493-3) is British author Jeffrey Archer's fifth collection of short stories. It was published in 2006, and nine of the twelve stories are based on tales Archer heard while in prison. The other three stories are also based on true events but are not derived from prison (refer Foreword to the book).
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