The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4-6)
A stainless steel rat for a stainless steel world ...Meet Slippy Jim, aka The Stainless Steel Rat, aka James Bolivar DiGritz. A man of many names and many talents ...all of which add up to make one of the greatest con men of all time. Charming, quick-witted, physically fit, a master of disguise,...
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A stainless steel rat for a stainless steel world ...Meet Slippy Jim, aka The Stainless Steel Rat, aka James Bolivar DiGritz. A man of many names and many talents ...all of which add up to make one of the greatest con men of all time. Charming, quick-witted, physically fit, a master of disguise, a skilled liar, an accomplished bank robber and exceptionally talented at breaking and entering, he's everything a master thief should be. He's also about to be caught, turned, and sent back out onto the streets as part of the Special Corps. Join the adventure in this omnibus edition of the first three Stainless Steel rat adventures: The Stainless Steel Rat, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge, and The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780575081710 (0575081716)
Publish date: 2012
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 436
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Humor,
Comedy,
Science Fiction,
Space,
Mystery,
Space Opera,
Speculative Fiction,
Crime
Series: Stainless Steel Rat -3 (#4)
First, notice the cover. Do you know why my review copy looks so different from the one you may have read? Published 1970, baby, this edition comes courtesy of the local library system. Let’s give it up for the librarians, shall we, the ones who track down my ridiculous requests for books published ...
In the far-future crime prevention has become so efficient that only criminal geniuses (Stainless Steel Rats) can get away with crimes, and only other criminal geniuses can catch them. This is an omnibus edition of the first three novels of the series.
"First-person narrator and I like it nonetheless ;o)" There were a couple of giggly and lough-out-loud moments. On to the "The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge" now.
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