Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode: Produced by: Adam Rolston: Written by: Tim John Maria Nation: Based on: A Street Cat Named Bob book series by James Bowen: Starring. Title and Author This book is called A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life. It is written by James Bowen. Genre/Setting This book’s genre is memoir. A Street Cat Named Bob - short documentary A tale of one man and his cat. Jame has written a book,about his life and bob, 'A street cat named bob'. A Street Cat Named Bob: The Story Of A Stray Cat And A Former Addict Who Saved Each Other (VIDEO). James Bowen is the author of the bestselling A STREET CAT NAMED BOB and THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BOB. He found Bob the cat in 2007 and the pair have been inseparable. The latest Tweets from StreetCat Bob (@StreetCatBob). Street-cat, soul-mate, fundraiser & subject of #1 best-selling books. The Streets of London. James Bowen: Best- selling true story of busker who got his life back on track thanks to stray cat to become a film. A bright afternoon in London’s Covent Garden and the cobbled streets are choc- a- bloc. Office workers rush to and from lunch, tourists mill around, and shoppers pop in and out of the smart boutiques. In the middle of them all sits a cat wearing a jaunty Union Jack neckerchief. Surrounded by a crowd of 3.
Bob, a tubby ginger tom, smiles beatifically. Next to him, his owner James Bowen stands with his battered acoustic guitar, belting out a series of Oasis songs. Every now and then, he stops playing and bends down to Bob. A smart- looking. It’s not every day that you see a cat. Central London, apparently unfazed by the blaring. Bob is no ordinary cat. Bob, you see, is a star. He has his. own Twitter account (with 1. Facebook page, even. Street Cats, who send him photos, scrapbooks and. Oh yes, he also has his own bestseller. Well, it’s Bob’s owner, James, who is leading the. Best- seller: James Bowen's book about stray cat Bob (pictured together) who he adopted has sold more than 2. Marley & Me. James’s book, A Street Cat Named Bob, a. So far, the book has made James around . Mary Panchos, the literary agent who. James and Bob selling The Big Issue, previously acted as the. UK agent for Marley & Me, a book about a mischievous dog who forms a. The film version, starring Owen. Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, made almost $1. Tripled his earnings: After Bob refused to leave Mr Bowen alone, he decided to take him busking and before long he was making almost three times his usual earnings as the pair attracted more and more fans'Owe everything to Bob': Mr Bowen, who was recovering from drug addiction, said Bob helped him turn his life around after he refused to leave him alone, even travelling on public transport before Mr Bowen decided to keep him. Fortune then, as well as fame, beckons. Bob and his friend. He had a great big wound. Struggling to wean himself off drugs. James was initially reluctant to take in the poor creature. I asked around, but there was no one.’After three days, James cleaned his. RSPCA for a course of antibiotics, which cost. At the time, James was busking and earning just . I’ve always loved cats,’ says James. Dependent on methadone and living in a. James’s life had veered badly off course just a. When he was just three, his parents. Surrey to Australia with his mother. Penelope, a saleswoman. There, they moved between Melbourne and various. Western Australia, at one stage moving back to the UK for six. Australia. She’d start these. People love seeing him': The pair turn heads on the street as Bob happily sits on Mr Bowen's shoulders. I was bullied a lot, too. I felt. no one really understood me.’His mother remarried and James’s. He moved back to England, to London. The problem was I didn’t get on with her husband, so they asked me to leave.’ After a few weeks in squats and. James found himself on the streets. It wasn’t. long before he tried heroin. And. before you know it, you’re thinking “Why not? I’ve got nothing else.”’James descended into a drug addiction so severe that he almost died on several occasions. After three years on the streets, he. By the time he found Bob, he was in the. NHS recovery. programme. Box office hit: Mr Bowen's book (left) topped. The Sunday Times hardback non- fiction list within weeks and is set to be. Hollywood pet sensation since Marley & Me (right)Still, he was daunted by the daily. So after three weeks, I tried to set him free.’ Bob had other ideas, though. I would. leave for a day’s busking and he’d follow me up the road. Then, one day. he followed me all the way on to the number 7. He climbed on right. So James began taking Bob busking with. He’s a genius, really.’The pair make quite a sight — the 6ft. James walking down the road with a ginger moggy draped around his. While James sings, Bob curls up on a blanket. Continue busking: Mr Bowen said he and Bob (pictured) will continue busking in Covent Garden. He must have more than 2. It’s amazing.’For the pair’s first Christmas. Bob a miniature stocking stuffed with. James bought a cheap plastic tree to put it under. Another time, he fled a rottweiler in. Islington. All the while, Bob’s fame was growing, with videos taken by fans appearing on You. Tube. Even so, when James was approached by the literary agent Mary Pachnos, he was surprised. It. came out on my birthday. The best present of my life!’The hardback edition spent six months. Spin- offs including a sequel and a children’s. The children’s book will leave out the. James’s drug- taking past and focus instead on. Bob, while the sequel will be based on the life lessons. James says Bob has taught him. Marley & Me: Literary agent Mary Pachnos, who brokered the deal for the story about a naughty Labrador who forms a bond with his human family starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Anniston (pictured), approached Mr Bowen on the street. Today, James says he’s drug- free and. In a Sunday newspaper this. I’ve learnt too much. For this, he thanks Bob: . For the first time, I felt like I had family. It gave me. the determination to make my life more comfortable, to make his life. He has certainly done that. James’s. first royalty cheque for . It’s an important trip for James. Bob will stay at home in London and be. As for long- term plans, James hopes to get a mortgage, buy his own home and live a normal life, perhaps working for charity. He’s the most famous cat there is!’For now, though, James and Bob are back to busking, though only twice a week. I could never say I was his owner. We’re partners.’ A Street Cat Named Bob (Hodder. How street cat named Bob saved busker. Busker James Bowen was homeless when a ginger tomcat walked into his life. Since then his book about the unlikely friendship, A Street Cat Named Bob, has sold over 7. James and Bob joined Jeremy Vine on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. Watch the Andrew Marr Show on the BBC i.
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