It's Like This, Cat

It's Like This, Cat is the novel o fa modern boy growing up in New York City.  In it, Neville has used a deceptively simple style to present a universal theme with warmth and originality.  Dave, the protagonist, tells the story himself in contemporary vernacular.  Superficially, it is as simple as the author's style--merely an account of all early adolescent youth, groping its way from the self-centered dependence of childhood toward the understanding and independence of maturity.