King Rat (Mass Market)
Description
Award-winning fantasy and science fiction author China Miéville's began his astounding career with the fantasy King Rat, a mix of a young man's search for identity with a pulse-pounding story of revenge and madness.
“[Miéville's] prose melds James Herbert's nihilistic violence with the metropolitan paranoia of Martin Amis, circa London Fields.” —The Times (London)
Something stirs in London's dark—and has viciously murdered Saul Garamond's father. Framed for the crime, Saul breaks out of prison with the help of King Rat, and plunges into a subterranean world of rats, garbage, blood, and madness—a world Saul was born to rule. But King Rat has plans for Saul, his special weapon in a war that goes back to a town called Hamelin. . . .
About the Author
China Mieville has a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He lives in England. He is the author of several books, including King Rat, which was nominated for both the International Horror Guild and Bram Stoker Awards for best first novel, and Perdido Street Station, winner of the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Praise For…
“[Miéville's] prose melds James Herbert's nihilistic violence with the metropolitan paranoia of Martin Amis, circa London Fields.”—The Times (London)
“China Miéville is a remarkably eloquent new writer who has produced genuine magic here.”—Locus
“As sharp as a Tokyo comic. It's humane and delinquent. And it bites.”—Iain Sinclair
“A deep, dark, velvet journey.”—Pat Cadigan
“A riveting, brilliant novel.”—Charles de Lint