Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
Robert Sullivan
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
New York Public Library Book for the Teenager
New York Public Library Book to Remember
PSLA Young Adult Top 40 Nonfiction Titles of the Year
Behold the rat, dirty and disgusting! Robert Sullivan turns the lowly rat into the star of this most perversely intriguing, remarkable, and unexpectedly elegant New York Times bestseller. Love them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we are, surviving on the effluvia of our society. In Rats, the critically acclaimed bestseller, Robert Sullivan spends a year investigating a rat-infested alley just a few blocks away from Wall Street. Sullivan gets to know not just the beast but its friends and foes: the exterminators, the sanitation workers, the agitators and activists who have played their part in the centuries-old war between human city dweller and wild city rat. Sullivan looks deep into the largely unrecorded history of the city and its masses-its herds-of-rats-like mob. Funny, wise, sometimes disgusting but always compulsively readable, Rats earns its unlikely place alongside the great classics of nature writing. With an all-new Afterword by the author
Product Details
Price
$18.99
$17.66
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Publish Date
April 11, 2005
Pages
272
Dimensions
5.5 X 0.8 X 8.2 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781582344775
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About the Author
Robert Sullivan is the author of The Meadowlands and A Whale Hunt, both New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He is a contributing editor to Vogue and a longtime contributor to the New Yorker. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Reviews
"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."
"ÝApproaches¨ his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."
." a rollicking, richly drawn history.Ýhe¨ 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."
"The author excels at fluid and witty prose."
"Skittering, scurrying, terrific natural history."
"Improbably enchanting... a funny, rodent-centered melange of natural and urban history."
""Rats" will both entertain and edify you about a part of the world you never thought much about."
"Who knew a book about one of nature's most reviled creatures could make such great bedside reading?"
"[Approaches] his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."
.,." a rollicking, richly drawn history...[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
"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."
"Engaging...a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings." -- Michiko Kakutani "New York Times"
"Engaging.a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings." -- Michiko Kakutani "New York Times"
"Immensely lively, enjoyable, learned, witty and yes, appealing."--Philip Lopate "Washington Post "
"Engaging a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings."--Michiko Kakutani "New York Times ""
"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."
"ÝApproaches¨ his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."
." a rollicking, richly drawn history.Ýhe¨ 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."
"The author excels at fluid and witty prose."
"Skittering, scurrying, terrific natural history."
"Improbably enchanting... a funny, rodent-centered melange of natural and urban history."
""Rats" will both entertain and edify you about a part of the world you never thought much about."
"Who knew a book about one of nature's most reviled creatures could make such great bedside reading?"
"[Approaches] his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."
.,." a rollicking, richly drawn history...[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."
"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."
"Engaging...a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings." -- Michiko Kakutani "New York Times"
"Engaging.a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings." -- Michiko Kakutani "New York Times"
"Immensely lively, enjoyable, learned, witty and yes, appealing."--Philip Lopate "Washington Post "
"Engaging a lively, informative compendium of facts, theories, and musings."--Michiko Kakutani "New York Times ""
