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King Rat by China Mieville
Dec. 21st, 2012 11:43 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Something is stirring in London’s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul’s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. In the night-land behind London’s façade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature. Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse. Mysterious forces prepare for a showdown. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul confronts his bizarre inheritance – in the badlands of South London, in the heart of darkness, at the gathering of the Junglist Massive. Like the DJ says: ‘Time for the Badman.’
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
China Mieville’s first novel is a weird, grimy urban update of and riff on The Pied Piper of Hamelin. It’s a highly stylised work that crackles with originality and vision and kept me hooked from beginning to end. Anyone who enjoys urban fantasy should check it out.
Something is stirring in London’s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul’s father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. In the night-land behind London’s façade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature. Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse. Mysterious forces prepare for a showdown. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul confronts his bizarre inheritance – in the badlands of South London, in the heart of darkness, at the gathering of the Junglist Massive. Like the DJ says: ‘Time for the Badman.’
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
China Mieville’s first novel is a weird, grimy urban update of and riff on The Pied Piper of Hamelin. It’s a highly stylised work that crackles with originality and vision and kept me hooked from beginning to end. Anyone who enjoys urban fantasy should check it out.
