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 King
Rat (2005)
A novel by China Mieville
Foreword
by Clive Barker
Illustrated
by Richard Kirk
Afterword
by China Mieville
 SYNOPSIS:
Something is stirring in London's dark corners, stamping out its
territory in brick dust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's
father and left Saul to pay for the crime.
A shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell only
to lead him into a different form of imprisonment, as he soon finds
himself an unwilling player in a battle between two ancient enemies.
In order for Saul to survive, he must confront the forces that would
use him, the forces that would destroy him, and the forces that
shape his own bizarre identity.
This is award-winner China Mieville's debut novel. Like his subsequent
novels, KING RAT features Mieville's characteristic breakneck pacing,
impossible creatures, and new dark worlds. Lavishly illustrated
by Richard Kirk, and with a Foreword by Clive Barker and an Afterword
by the author, this deluxe edition celebrates Mieville's "bold,
pounding, down-and-dirty debut" (Kirkus Reviews).
Available in two deluxe limited edition states:
| 400 numbered copies, signed by Mieville,
bound in bonded leather and slipcased |
$85 |
| 15 lettered copies, signed by Mieville and
Kirk and Barker, hand bound in high-end goatskin leather, with
special endpapers and silk ribbon page marker, and housed in
a handcrafted traycase covered in fine Japanese cloth, with
the title stamped on a piece of leather that matches the book
covering |
$500
SOLD OUT
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China's only other limited edition novels are of THE SCAR and IRON
COUNCIL, each published as a run of 1000 copies, so 400 copies for
KING RAT is much lower and more collectible, by comparison - not
to mention having well over a dozen interior illustrations and more.
Not to be missed!
***CONTEST*** hosted by Earthling
and Camelot Books and Gifts: KING RAT is slated for an April/May
release. Preorder/order a copy before June 1 from either Earthling
or Camelot and you'll be entered to win a PC copy of the numbered,
leatherbound, slipcased edition, with a special inscription by China,
he says possibly "a piece about rats," as well as an original
drawing of one of the characters by artist Richard Kirk. The book
can also be personalized to the winner by the author and/or artist
if so desired, and a letter of provenance from the publisher will
accompany each book. There will be only two of these special copies:
one to be won through Camelot and one to be won through Earthling.
Best of luck!
"[Earthling's edition is] one of the best designed and printed
books you'll have the pleasure to own ... a work that should win
awards as an example of how to get a book project right."
— GREEN
MAN REVIEW
"KING RAT: a story so compelling you almost haven't time
to notice how fine the writing is; a dark myth reinvented for our
time and for London in particular with great wit, style, and imagination."
— Ramsey
Campbell
"This is a riveting, brilliant novel. The language sings,
the concepts are original and engrossing."
— Charles de Lint
"An impressive, even daring, debut."
— Amazon.com
"KING RAT goes down as sweetly as week-old garbage, to leave
the reader eyeing speculatively the manhole covers of Soho and Battersea.
A knotted, toothy, thought-provoking read."
— M.
John Harrison
"[An] extraordinary debut novel. . . . China Mieville is a
remarkably eloquent new writer who has produced genuine magic here."
— LOCUS
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