Val Schaffner
Author
(1951 - 0)
Val Schaffner was a writer and a columnist for The East Hampton Star. He married a woman from Seoul named Min-Myn. He is soft-spoken and thoughtful, articulate and unrushed. He wrote “Algonquin Cat,” a novella about a cat named Hamlet who hobnobs with literary and theatrical figures at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan.
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Bibliography
Algonquin Cat (1980)
Hamlet the cat has taken up residence in the Algonquin Hotel. When not napping he keeps a careful on on what is going on and lends his assistance when needed.
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