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Doctor Rat

William Kotzwinkle

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#1158 of 8,085 books · #78 in Horror

Won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1977).

Doctor Rat won the World Fantasy Award. In the annals of American literature, there has never been a character quite like Doctor Rat, PhD. A survivor of the most refined scientific experiments, now removed from the maze, he has become a valued and productive member of the academic community. When he must administer a lethal dose, he comforts his fellow rats with his compassionate slogan: "Death is freedom." But everything changes when animals worldwide begin to rebel, refusing to accept their proper places in the natural order of things: as test subjects, pets, or food. And only Doctor Rat has the courage to defend mankind from the ungrateful animal kingdom. Doctor Rat is a sly and stylish indictment of fanaticism in mice and men.

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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN-13
9781497620636
Topics
Animal experimentation and crueltySatire of fanaticism and complicityRebellion against oppression

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