King Rat (1998 novel)

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King Rat
King Rat cover
Author China Miéville
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Saint Martin's Press
Publication date 31 December 1998
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 318 pp (hardback edition) & 416 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-312-89073-7 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-330-37098-7 (paperback edition)
Followed by Perdido Street Station

King Rat is the 1998 debut novel by China Miéville.

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It is a dark urban fantasy set in London and interweaving the phenomenon of the rat king and the myth of The Pied Piper of Hamelin against an aesthetic of drum'n'bass jungle music.

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

In 2003, Linkin Park DJ and Director Joseph Hahn was granted the exclusive rights to produce a film based on the novel. After writing began in mid-2004, not much is now known about the production of the title.

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