Joe Rat
By Mark Barratt
2008
First Published
3.55
Average Rating
320
Number of Pages
Set in the underbelly of Victorian London's East End, JOE RAT follows the fortunes of a tosher, Joe, who lives by scavenging in the sewers around the area of Whitechapel. It's a fast-paced and vivid tale of survival in a society which fosters neither friendship nor trust. But Joe comes to know both after a chance encounter with a runaway girl, Bess, and the 'madman' who inhabits Pound's Field. With gangs lurking round every corner and a life spent in the rat-infested tunnels below the streets, Joe needs more than a prime piece of tosh to change his fortunes . . .
Avg Rating
3.55
Number of Ratings
44
5 STARS
16%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
34%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
0%
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