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Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat, The (Bookclub Edition)

By: Nelson Doubleday

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Nelson Doubleday)

Last Stocked on 3/10/2024

Product Info

Title
Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat, The (Bookclub Edition)
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Harry Harrison
Publish Year
1977
Pages
406
Dimensions
5.75x8.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147954825
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

Meet the great James Boliver "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, the Stainless-Steel Rat himself, a pre-eminent scofflaw and star of ten 'Rat' novels. This ficitional futuristic thief proves himself to be an expert burglar, cool con man, and consummate liar. Out conned into working for the Special Corps, an elite government law enforcement and spy agency, DiGriz puts his talents to use all in the name of justice ... except, that is, when he's using them for his own self-benefit by breaking the very laws he should be upholding. Of course, Slippery Jim rationalizes this by claiming he is doing society a favor by committing crimes. Though a rascal, Jim is a humanist at heart and takes great care to ensure no injury befalls anyone as a result of the mischief he creates. In the three novels here, “The Stainless-Steel Rat”, “The Stainless-Steel Rat's Revenge” and “The Stainless-Steel Rat Saves the World”, DiGriz encounters the sociopathic femme fatale Angelina, a military society bent on conquering the universe, and the time traveling megalomaniac known known as He. Humor and action blend seamlessly in a tongue-in-cheek style that is thoroughly endearing to the loveable rapscallion the Stainless-Steel Rat.