King Rat Book China Mieville. Saul is snatched from the authorities by a mysterious savior named ‘king rat’, who claims to be both the deposed leader of the rodent army driven out of hamelin 700 years. From the london school of economics.
Something is stirring in london's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. These musical styles are the natural soundtrack for the book which was published when they were reaching an apex of popularity and polish in the late '90s. Saul garamond is about to be conveniently accused of murdering his father when king rat springs him from.
Mieville nicely evokes the relationship saul had with his father:
This novel is a resplendent supernatural tale moving to the brain rattling pulse of jungle and drum 'n bass. Mieville nicely evokes the relationship saul had with his father: The arc of the story follows the deep. Saul garamond, bewilderingly arrested for the murder of his father, is spirited out of jail by an oddball who claims to be the king of the rats.