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''King Rat'' is a 1998 novel by Creator/ChinaMieville – think ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' on more crack and a lot of downers.
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''King Rat'' is a 1998 British UrbanFantasy novel by Creator/ChinaMieville – think ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' on more crack and a lot of downers.
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->''For the 1962 novel by James Clavell, see Literature/AsianSaga.''
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''King Rat'' is about Saul, an average guy who has had a bad few days. First his dad dies. Then he's arrested for killing him. And then he's broken out of a holding cell by a ratlike man who can climb up walls and squeeze between the cell bars, and things get a little strange . . .
Features the Pied Piper of Hamelin from a rat's perspective and plenty of BlueAndOrangeMorality.
For the 1962 novel by James Clavell, see Literature/AsianSaga.
Features the Pied Piper of Hamelin from a rat's perspective and plenty of BlueAndOrangeMorality.
For the 1962 novel by James Clavell, see Literature/AsianSaga.
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''King Rat'' is about Saul, an average guy who has had a bad few days. First his dad dies. Then he's arrested for killing him. And then he's broken out of a holding cell by a ratlike man who can climb up walls and squeeze between the cell bars, and things get a little strange . . .
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Featuresthe Pied Piper of Hamelin ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'' told from a rat's perspective and plenty of BlueAndOrangeMorality.
For the 1962 novel by James Clavell, see Literature/AsianSaga.
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''King Rat'' is a 1998 novel by Creator/ChinaMieville--''Literature/AnansiBoys'' on more crack and a lot of downers,
''King Rat'' is a 1998 novel by Creator/ChinaMieville--''Literature/AnansiBoys'' on more crack and a lot of downers,
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's mentioned that Saul's father was an ardent leftist and went to protests all the time, and was disappointed Saul wasn't more political. [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Saul foreswears his royal claim, dissolves the monarchy, and declares that he is plain Citizen Rat.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: King Rat is batshit insane and a murderer, but he does genuinely seem to care for his son Saul within the boundaries of his own BlueAndOrangeMorality, enough to want to make him his successor as King Rat. [[spoiler:The legacy is ''all'' King Rat cares about, and when Saul learns [[ChildByRape the circumstances of his conception]], he turns against his father, leaving King Rat as the snarling, remorseless scumbag he really is.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The Piper manages to escape back to his home realm, but in a state so badly damaged he may well be fatally wounded. He's gone before we can find out.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Anansi and Kay are dead, Loplop's deaf and insane, King Rat is a pathetic recluse who's out for his son's blood, and it's not ''entirely'' clear whether or not the Piper is dead or just wounded. Saul and his friends, however, are still alive and the cops are likely going to fall off of Saul's tail. Saul ends the story rejecting the title of King Rat and instead giving the rats freedom to do as they will to prove they earned it -- because dead or not, the Piper isn't coming back and it's because of Saul and th rats.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Anansi and Kay are dead, Loplop's deaf and insane, King Rat is a pathetic recluse who's out for his son's blood, and it's not ''entirely'' clear whether or not the Piper is dead or just wounded. Saul and his friends, however, are still alive and the cops are likely going to fall off of Saul's tail. Saul ends the story rejecting the title of King Rat and instead giving the rats freedom to do as they will to prove they earned it -- because dead or not, the Piper isn't coming back and it's because of Saul and th the rats.]]
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* BittersweetEnding and/or DownerEnding: Most of the main characters are alive and (sort of) okay, but [[spoiler: Anansi is killed or at least discorporated, Loplop is deaf and mad, Saul won't give King Rat's throne back and the Piper may return at some point.]]
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* BittersweetEnding and/or DownerEnding: Most of BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Anansi and Kay are dead, Loplop's deaf and insane, King Rat is a pathetic recluse who's out for his son's blood, and it's not ''entirely'' clear whether or not the main characters Piper is dead or just wounded. Saul and his friends, however, are still alive and (sort of) okay, but [[spoiler: Anansi is killed or at least discorporated, Loplop is deaf and mad, the cops are likely going to fall off of Saul's tail. Saul won't give ends the story rejecting the title of King Rat's throne back Rat and instead giving the rats freedom to do as they will to prove they earned it -- because dead or not, the Piper may return at some point.isn't coming back and it's because of Saul and th rats.]]
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Loplop was driven insane by the Piper in the past and isn't wholly recovered. [[spoiler: he reverts after Saul has to burst his eardrums to save him from the Piper's control - he spends the rest of the book screeching and screaming, unable to even rally his birds for the final battle]]
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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Loplop was driven insane by the Piper in the past and isn't wholly recovered. [[spoiler: he reverts after Saul has to burst his eardrums to save him from the Piper's control - he spends the rest of the book screeching and screaming, unable to even rally his birds for the final battle]]
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* CurbStompBattle: All of the various Kings' fights with the Piper in the past as they literally are unable to fight him once he starts a tune [[spoiler: happens literally to Anansai in the final fight, the Piper makes him lie down then stomps on his skull]]
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* DirtyCoward: All of the animals and Kings have a little of this at heart as they have a strong urge for self preservation. [[spoiler: Saul falsely paints King Rat as one of these when telling the rats of the battle with the Piper to strip King Rat of any chance of regaining his power.]]
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: A small segment from near the end of the story is from the perspective of one of the rats Saul dispatches as scouts. Described as one of the strongest and bravest of the Rat nation he follows his mission long after all the others had given up or forgotten. He even succeeds in finding the Piper and the kidnapped Natasha and Fabian... and then is promptly and unceremoniously squished by the Piper.
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* DrivenToMadness: The Piper did this to Loplop in the past.
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* NeckSnap: The Piper snaps the neck of a police officer around 180 degrees.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Loplop was driven insane by the Piper in the past and isn't wholly recovered. [[spoiler: he reverts after Saul has to burst his eardrums to save him from the Piper's control - he spends the rest of the book screeching and screaming, unable to even rally his birds for the final battle]]
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* SuperStrength: Saul gains this after tapping into his rat side, King Rat, Anansai and Loplop possess it to a greater degree. And the Piper is stronger even than them.
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* [[spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler: Played with. Saul thinks so, and it's why he won't give King Rat his throne back. King Rat, being essentially a smart rat in human shape, is bewildered and enraged by this.]]]]
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* BuildingSwing: Anansi travels across the city this way, which is absolutely ''terrifying'' for saul when he's BoundAndGagged and hauled along for the journey.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
* FracturedFairyTale: The Pier Piper is fucking scary for a rat. As if it wasn't bad enough already!
* MagicMusic: The main type of magic, aside from the animals' magic--which is just being what they really are.
* PastVictimShowcase: A variation; the victims showcase themselves.
* [[spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Played with. Saul thinks so, and it's why he won't give King Rat his throne back. King Rat, being essentially a smart rat in human shape, is bewildered and enraged by this.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
* FracturedFairyTale: The Pier Piper is fucking scary for a rat. As if it wasn't bad enough already!
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Often for things as minor as not wanting to dance, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
* FracturedFairyTale: The Pier Piper is fucking scary for a rat. As if it wasn't bad enough already!
* MagicMusic: The main type of magic, aside from the animals' magic--which is just being what they really are.
* PastVictimShowcase: A variation; the victims showcase themselves.
* [[spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Played with. Saul thinks so, and it's why he won't give King Rat his throne back. King Rat, being essentially a smart rat in human shape, is bewildered and enraged by this.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
* FracturedFairyTale: The Pier Piper is fucking scary for a rat. As if it wasn't bad enough already!
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* FracturedFairyTale: The Pier Piper is fucking scary for a rat. As if it wasn't bad enough already!
* MagicMusic: The main type of magic, aside from the animals' magic--which is just being what they really are.
* PastVictimShowcase: A variation; the victims showcase themselves.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
* FracturedFairyTale: The Pier Piper is fucking scary for a rat. As if it wasn't bad enough already!
* MagicMusic: The main type of magic, aside from the animals' magic--which is just being what they really are.
* PastVictimShowcase: A variation; the victims showcase themselves.
* [[spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Played with. Saul thinks so, and it's why he won't give King Rat his throne back. King Rat, being essentially a smart rat in human shape, is bewildered and enraged by this.]]
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This page is for a novel by Creator/ChinaMieville, not to be confused with the novel of the same name by James Clavell, which can be found under ''AsianSaga''. AnansiBoys on more crack and a lot of downers, ''King Rat'' is about Saul, an average guy who has had a bad few days.
First his dad dies. Then he's arrested for killing him. And then he's broken out of a holding cell by a ratlike man who can climb up walls and squeeze between the cell bars, and things get a little strange . . .
First his dad dies. Then he's arrested for killing him. And then he's broken out of a holding cell by a ratlike man who can climb up walls and squeeze between the cell bars, and things get a little strange . . .
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AnansiBoys on more crack and a lot of downers, ''King Rat'' is about Saul, an average guy who has had a bad few days.
First his dad dies. Then he's arrested for killing him. And then he's broken out of a holding cell by a ratlike man who can climb up walls and squeeze between the cell bars, and things get a little strange . . .
Features the Pied Piper of Hamelin from a rat's perspective and plenty of BlueAndOrangeMorality.
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*BlackAndGreyMorality: The Piper is a lunatic who thinks people and animals exist only to dance to his tune. King Rat is, well, a rat--with all the BlueAndOrangeMorality you would expect from an actual rat.
*BlueAndOrangeMorality: Saul and Anansi have a conversation about it, in fact, where Anansi admits that he will never understand basic human concepts and visa versa.
BittersweetEnding/DownerEnding: Most of the main characters are alive and (sort of) okay, but [[spoiler: Anansi is killed or at least discorporated, Loplop is deaf and mad, Saul won't give King Rat's throne back and the Piper may return at some point.]]
*CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
*CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Often for things as minor as not wanting to dance, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
*MagicMusic: The main type of magic, aside from the animals' magic--which is just being what they really are.
First his dad dies. Then he's arrested for killing him. And then he's broken out of a holding cell by a ratlike man who can climb up walls and squeeze between the cell bars, and things get a little strange . . .
Features the Pied Piper of Hamelin from a rat's perspective and plenty of BlueAndOrangeMorality.
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*BlackAndGreyMorality: The Piper is a lunatic who thinks people and animals exist only to dance to his tune. King Rat is, well, a rat--with all the BlueAndOrangeMorality you would expect from an actual rat.
*BlueAndOrangeMorality: Saul and Anansi have a conversation about it, in fact, where Anansi admits that he will never understand basic human concepts and visa versa.
BittersweetEnding/DownerEnding: Most of the main characters are alive and (sort of) okay, but [[spoiler: Anansi is killed or at least discorporated, Loplop is deaf and mad, Saul won't give King Rat's throne back and the Piper may return at some point.]]
*CruelAndUnusualDeath: Tied in the middle of a train tunnel and left there . . .
*CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Often for things as minor as not wanting to dance, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
*MagicMusic: The main type of magic, aside from the animals' magic--which is just being what they really are.
