The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
304 pages
|Published: 3 Aug 2010
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ISBN: 9780765324412
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Description
After a ten-year absence, the return of one of the most enduring series characters in modern SF.James Bolivar "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, Special Corps agent, master con man, interstellar criminal (retired), is living high on the hog on the planet of Moolaplenty when a long-lost cousin and a shipful of swine arrive to drain his bank account and send him and his lovely wife, Angelina, wandering the stars on the wildest journey since Gulliver's Travels.In this darkly satiric work, Harry Harrison bring his most famous character out of retirement for a grand tour of the galaxy. The Stainless Steel Rat rides again: a cocktail in his hand, a smile on his lips, and larceny in his heart, in search of adventure, gravitons, and a way to get rid of the pigs.