"The Cat of Portovecchio, Corfu Tales": a novel of life on Corfu

This work by John Craxton, "Still Life with Cat and Girl", 1959, would have made a perfect alternative cover for the novel "The Cat of Portovecchio, Corfu Tales", by Maria Strani-Potts. The novel is set on Corfu in the 1950s.

See image - http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/craxton-still-life-with-cat-and-child-t06999

I still like the cover as it is: