The Rats by James Herbert
The fiftieth-anniversary edition of the bestselling horror classic. Masterfully gory and profoundly unsettling, The Rats is the multimillion-copy bestseller from James Herbert.
The Rats is splatterpunk deluxeNot only great, gory fun but a prime example of what was once called "the British nasty." I loved it then, love it still -- Stephen King
Lean, mean, and nasty as punk, The Rats are here! Capable of inciting riots and causing bloodshed -- Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
A one-off; a true horror original -- Peter James, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Roy Grace books
A seminal work from a king of British horror -- Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual
One of the more fecund of all horror novels: its children are many, its litter both large and ravenous -- Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians
Herbert's The Rats is a big personal influence of mine. If you're a horror reader seeking to delve into the history of the genre, it's one of a handful of books you really ought to read -- Nick Cutter author of The Troop
The effectiveness of the gruesome set pieces and brilliant finale are all its own -- The Sunday Times
With The Rats, Herbert established himself as a master of the sort of apocalyptic horror that's so popular today -- The Guardian
The Rats is a delightfully gory James Herbert classic -- SciFiWard
Lean, mean, and nasty as punk, The Rats are here! Capable of inciting riots and causing bloodshed -- Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
A one-off; a true horror original -- Peter James, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Roy Grace books
A seminal work from a king of British horror -- Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual
One of the more fecund of all horror novels: its children are many, its litter both large and ravenous -- Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians
Herbert's The Rats is a big personal influence of mine. If you're a horror reader seeking to delve into the history of the genre, it's one of a handful of books you really ought to read -- Nick Cutter author of The Troop
The effectiveness of the gruesome set pieces and brilliant finale are all its own -- The Sunday Times
With The Rats, Herbert established himself as a master of the sort of apocalyptic horror that's so popular today -- The Guardian
The Rats is a delightfully gory James Herbert classic -- SciFiWard
James Herbert was not only Britain’s number one bestselling writer of chiller fiction – a position he held ever since the publication of his first novel – but was also one of our greatest popular novelists. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his twenty-three novels have sold more than 54 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over thirty languages. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and was also awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature. His final novel was Ash. James Herbert died in March 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781035048090 |
| ISBN 10 | 1035048094 |
| Title | The Rats |
| Author | James Herbert |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2024-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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