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2.5
City of Rats
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The Holy Mountain meets Ratatouille in this X-rated fable by Argentine provocateur Copi.
When pet rat Gouri finds himself locked out of his owner’s apartment, he has no choice but to strike out alone onto the pavements of Paris.
But what begins as a strange and marvellous bedtime story — Gouri and his new friend Raka selling flour-coated worms to pigeons for spare change — soon spirals into an exhilarating whirlwind of murder, sex, unionised hamsters, courtroom drama, and, finally, Armageddon.
Told through a series of letters from Gouri to Argentinian playwright Copi, City of RatsCity of Rats channels Copi’s lifelong fascination with society’s outcasts—queer people, immigrants, the homeless, and criminals—into a fiercely imaginative, unflinchingly provocative tale of a world hurtling into madness.
When pet rat Gouri finds himself locked out of his owner’s apartment, he has no choice but to strike out alone onto the pavements of Paris.
But what begins as a strange and marvellous bedtime story — Gouri and his new friend Raka selling flour-coated worms to pigeons for spare change — soon spirals into an exhilarating whirlwind of murder, sex, unionised hamsters, courtroom drama, and, finally, Armageddon.
Told through a series of letters from Gouri to Argentinian playwright Copi, City of RatsCity of Rats channels Copi’s lifelong fascination with society’s outcasts—queer people, immigrants, the homeless, and criminals—into a fiercely imaginative, unflinchingly provocative tale of a world hurtling into madness.
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2.5
“were the depictions of rape/pedophilia in this disturbing? definitely… feel like i just need to get that out of the way
but also reading up on the author and understanding what a provocateur he was doesn’t make the subject matter easier to read, but definitely makes you better understand the type of book he was trying to write… think of this in the camp of john waters instead of ratatouille
i do think the velocity of the prose really did make this feel like you were reading letters written by a rat and translated by a human so… mission accomplished i guess?”
“Weird and interesting at first, but by the end I was just skim reading to get it over with. Also some very disturbing explicit moments involving a baby. One of the worst books I’ve read this year.”
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