Panbooks paperback 1999 | 416 pages |

Something is stirring London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.
o_O But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat.
o_O In the night-land behind London's facade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature.
o_O Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse. Mysterious forces prepare for a showdown. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul confronts his bizarre inheritance -- in the badlands of South London, in the heart of darkness, at the gathering of the Junglist Massive.
o_O Like the DJ says: 'Time for the Badman'

Sending it to Lamilla

Arrived today with a great card. Thank you so much!

This is the first Miéville novel, which shows in the writing. I can see why people compared him with Gaiman, too

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Sent today. Enjoy!

You've found a travelling book. Hurray!
The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.
Enjoy your reading!

Привет!
Спасибо, что нашли время зайти на сайт и сделать запись в журнале! Напишите, когда и где вы нашли книгу.
Перед тем, как попасть ко мне, она побывала в других уголках света. История ее путешествий записана на сайте, и теперь к ней добавился еще один пункт. Я очень рада, что она нашла нового читателя в вашем лице.

Thank you very much for this wishlist book!

Saul is locked up, suspected of the murder of his father, when a mysterious figure frees him from his cell - King Rat! This is only the start of his journey into a mysterious underground world, where, cut off from his former life, Saul must defeat a villain out of legend. Clever and a great read.

Sent to BaiLong who chose it from Alphabet VBB round 11. Enjoy! :)

The book arrived in China. Thanks for offering it to me, I have wanted to read some China Mieville for a while now and didn't manage to get my hands on some before this one ^^

Great atmosphere, the author makes us really believe we are in the sewers or on top of the roofs with the characters. I'll be looking forward to reading other books from this author.

Hooray! This book has arrived in Missouri, USA.

This is a very strange book. It's impressive as a debut--there are a lot of elements here that are tremendously clever and very cool. But my expectations for Miéville are high and this book isn't nearly as clever or cool as some of his later work.

I especially loved the idea that rats and spiders and birds could all be summoned up by their monarch/leader to turn into a vast information network and an army of creatures. Some of the themes here also preview those later explored, brilliantly, in [book:The City & the City|4703581]. The use of the Pied Piper as a villain was great, and the idea of the Pied Piper learning to play his music on an electronic DJ system was fabulous.

Still, for all its interesting themes, the book dragged quite a bit in the middle. The final showdown was exciting and well-paced, but I almost didn't make it to the end because I was bored with the middle of the book.