T. S. Eliot one of the most moving poems Eliot wrote, and perhaps the "most perfect", though it was not well received by everyone. The poem's groundwork of orthodox Christianity discomfited many of the more secular "literati". In 1939, Eliot published a book of light verse, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" ("Old Possum" was Ezra Pound's nickname for him). This first edition had an illustration of the author on the cover. In 1954, the composer Alan Rawsthorne set six of the poems for speaker and orchestra in a work titled "Practical Cats". After Eliot's death, the book was adapted as the basis
What Happened (Clinton book) Winspear, Donna Leon, and Caroline and Charles Todd. They also included the Neapolitan novels of Elena Ferrante, the spiritual works of Henri Nouwen, and the collected poems of Maya Angelou, Marge Piercy and T. S. Eliot. The hardcover edition was published on September 12, 2017; it immediately went to the top of the Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and the "USA Today" bestseller lists.<ref name="usaToday9/20/17"></ref> It debuted at number one on "The New York Times" Best Seller List for both hardcover nonfiction and combined print and e-book nonfiction sales where it stayed for 2 weeks.<ref name="NYT10/01/17"></ref><ref name="NYT10/08/17"></ref> It dropped to number