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Loading... Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife (original 2006; edition 2006)by Sam Savage, Michael Mikolowski (Illustrator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It's been said that you can't judge a book by it's cover. But every now and then a very cool book resides within a very cool cover and Firimin is an excellent example of that being the case. ( ) Borrowed from Mr Smith, this story was short, about a rat who lived inside an American bookstore, and befriended the author who rented rooms above it. Written from the rat's perspective who first devoured books to learn how to ascertain the flavour of a good book (if you want to know what Jane Austen tasted like, read this book), then learned how to read, and play a miniature piano. Sad tale of the bookshop's closure, and the eventual death of the author; but entertaining and sympathetic. This was a very cute premise of a bookstore rat who grew up eating books and then eventually reading them. While at times it waxed too philosophical for my tastes, it was an interesting read. Though truth be told, I mainly bought it because there was a bite taken out of the book. Brilliant marketing scheme no reviews | add a review
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Born in a bookstore in a blighted 1960's Boston neighborhood, Firmin the rat miraculously learns how to read by digesting his nest of books. He quickly realizes that a literate rat is a lonely rat. In a series of misadventures, Firmin is ultimately led deep into his own imaginative soul. No library descriptions found. |
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