The author derived the novel's title from the 1969 hit record Breakfast On Pluto by Don Partridge.

Bad luck surrounds her until she finds temporary contentment with a married politician who acts as a sugar daddy.

She moves to London, becomes a prostitute in Piccadilly Circus, and later is arrested on suspicion of an IRA bombing, only to be released a few days later.

[1] [2] Director Neil Jordan's 2005 film adaptation of the same name starred Cillian Murphy in the central role.

Pussy's politician lover in the novel becomes a glam rock musician played by Gavin Friday with whom Kitten may or may not have had a sexual relationship, and Pussy's lover Bertie Wooster becomes magician Bertie Vaughan (Stephen Rea), with whom Kitten has an unrequited flirtation.