num_pages: 416
description: Something is stirring in 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. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. In the night-land behind London's fa ade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature. 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. Like the DJ says: 'Time for the Badman.''Tackles his theme with a dark assurance... with its original blend of twisted urban fairytale and modern gothic horror, King Rat marks out China Mi ville as an author to be watched.' The Times'Brings together elements of fantasy, fairytale and the detective story... I greatly enjoyed Mi ville's weird and engaging myth-making.'Daily Telegraph
language: English
title: King Rat
titlecomplete: King Rat
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Magical Realism, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, New Weird
ratings_count: 9352
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: International Horror Guild Award
category: First Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: British Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work)
publisher: Pan Macmillan