If I were a rat...

Sat, 02/13/2010 - 9:57am by RiponGood

Firmin is a rat. He is the runt of the litter. Born in a bookstore, his mother shredded copies of Moby-Dick and Don Quixote for bedding. As the runt, Firmin finds himself more and more isolated from the rest of the rat population so he turns to books as his friend. Later in our story, he is befriended by science fiction writer Jerry Magoon. Through Jerry, Firmin learns about jazz and other human pleasures. Travel along through Boston in the 1960's in Firmin Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage.