Rat

By Kevin Lavey

In a parody of memoirs worthy of J. D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye," the protagonist of this novel, self-acknowledged and self-named Rat, is acutely aware of his rat-ness, his rat-being, so to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976819635
• ISBN13: 9780976819639
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Rockway Press
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Gritty, Honest, Funny!

Rat (a man named Raymond Conrad), whose philosophy of the world involves many swear words and rude nicknames and theories about what men and women want at certain ages, is an intriguing if not entirely sympathetic character. The chronology of the book skips around, but in the end readers will get the whole picture of Rat's life. The most admirable quality of the narrative is perhaps its honesty. We read about Rat as an adolescent thinking about girls during Catholic Mass: "As Rat grew taller, the top of the pew lined up with his groin and he softly bumped his cock against it to enhance arousal while staring at Elizabeth or Mary or Catherine of Kathleen or Joan." (Lavey 31) As a first book by author Kevin Lavey, we already recognize in Rat the author's uniquely refreshing, gritty, tell-it-like-it-is voice. I definitely look forward to seeing more from Mr. Lavey, perhaps also more of the character of Rat!