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Surprisingly funny and compulsively readable, this is an unlikely account of a year spent in a garbage-strewn alley in lower Manhattan. Sullivan spent the year watching and learning about rats, travelling to conferences and conquering his own fear of rats. He reveals the many ways rats' lives mirror those of humans in this unusual and absorbing book.
Synopsis
Did you know that one pair of rats has the potential for 15,000 descendants in a year? That rats' teeth are harder than steel? Focusing on such questions, this book reveals the many ways rats' lives mirror those of humans. It is an account of a year spent in a garbage-strewn alley in lower Manhattan.
