Cat and Mouse (novella)

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Cat and Mouse

Front cover of the first original German edition
Author	Günter Grass
Original title	Katz und Maus
Illustrator	Günter Grass
Cover artist	Günter Grass
Language	German
Series	Danzig Trilogy
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Luchterhand
Publication date	1961
Publication place	Germany
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	The Tin Drum
Followed by	Dog Years

Cat and Mouse (German: Katz und Maus) is a 1961 novella by German writer Günter Grass, the second book of the Danzig Trilogy, and the sequel to The Tin Drum. It is about Joachim Mahlke, an alienated only child without a father. The narrator Pilenz "alone could be termed his friend, if it were possible to be friends with Mahlke" (p. 78); much of Pilenz's narration addresses Mahlke directly by means of second-person narration. The story is set in Danzig (Gdańsk) around the time of the Second World War and Nazi rule.