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    612-822-4611

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Doctor Rat

Doctor Rat

Kotzwinkle, William

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1497638348
ISBN13: 9781497638341
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: Sep 9 2014
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This World Fantasy Award winner in the vein of Animal Farm delves into a lab worthy of a mad Nazi scientist--but run by a brilliantly sadistic rodent.

In the annals of American literature, there has never been a character quite like Doctor Rat, PhD. From one of the most indispensable storytellers in speculative fiction, this biting satire introduces a narrator of learned charm and humor, and a twisted logic that is absolutely chilling.

Doctor Rat is a credit to his species. A survivor of the most refined scientific experiments, now removed from the maze, he has become a valued and productive member of the academic community. When he must administer a lethal dose, he comforts his fellow rats with his compassionate slogan: Death is freedom.

But everything changes when animals worldwide begin to rebel, refusing to accept their proper places in the natural order of things: as test subjects, pets, or food. And only Doctor Rat has the courage to defend mankind from the ungrateful animal kingdom.

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as dazzlingly original and occasionally quite beautiful, Doctor Rat is a sly and stylish indictment of fanaticism in mice and men.

A truly imaginative impresario . . . [Doctor Rat] teases your conscience with educated wit and versatile improvisation, not to mention the casual flick of the tail about to be cut off. --Kirkus Reviews

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