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The author of Meadowlands and A Whale Hunt dispenses rat facts and entertaining rat stories, looking into the history of rats, and describes how, with the aid of a notebook and night-vision gear, he sat nightly in a garbage-filled alley getting to know the wild city rat. 40,000 first printing.
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"Sullivan persuasively associates the truth' he learns about rats with a deeper understanding of both the history of New York City and the essence of mankind."
"The author excels at fluid and witty prose."
." a rollicking, richly drawn history.[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
"İApproaches¨ his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."
." a rollicking, richly drawn history.İhe¨ offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
"Eloquent."
"Hugely entertaining."
"An urban Thoreau..."
"Sullivan beguiles us with remarkable tales about an inexhaustible topic."
.".. a rollicking, richly drawn history...[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
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"The author excels at fluid and witty prose."
." a rollicking, richly drawn history.[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
"İApproaches¨ his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."
." a rollicking, richly drawn history.İhe¨ offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
"Eloquent."
"Hugely entertaining."
"An urban Thoreau..."
"Sullivan beguiles us with remarkable tales about an inexhaustible topic."
.".. a rollicking, richly drawn history...[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
Robert Sullivan is the author of The Meadowlands and A Whale Hunt, both New York Times Notable Books of the Year, and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship. A contributing editor to Vogue, he is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker. His work has also appeared in Condé Nast Traveler and the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Pub Plc USA
- Publication date2004
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