The Stainless Steel Rat for President

Name: The Stainless Steel Rat for President
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Harry Harrison
ISBN: 9781441881427

Author: Harry Harrison

Series: Stainless Steel Rat Series #5

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 01/12/2011

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

This time the Special Corps has given the Rat a daring assignment—liberate a backward tourist planet from the clutches of an aging dictator. With his lovely but lethal wife Angelina and his two stalwart sons, James and Bolivar, diGriz pits ballots against bullets in the fight for freedom. He's vowed to restore truth, justice, and democracy to the world of Paraiso-Aqui, if he has to lie, cheat, and steal to do it!"The Rat can hold his head high amongst the most elevated superhero company—Bulldog Drummond, James Bond, and Flash Gordon included." —Times Literary Supplement"Pure entertainment.… Abounding in quick action and quicker jokes…The Stainless Steel Rat series show's Harrison's talents at best advantage." —S. F. Review

About Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on March 17, 2021

Election fraud! Oppressive regime! Tourism! Wait, this isn't Cuba OR America! And the person on the cover of this book isn't Wil Wheaton! But this poor planet, rife with absolute corruption and tourism, IS the next target for our redoubtable Stainless Steel Rat. Back when I first read this one, I laug......more

Goodreads review by Juho on June 15, 2020

We're back to something approaching the realm of sanity with this book. Here Jim wants to run for the president. He'd make for a better job than great many people, that's for sure. He'd have my vote. It's been quite nice to follow him over the years and see him slowly mature, though I still think the......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 30, 2011

An uber-snarky intergalactic James Bond, if Bond were a family man and had a seemingly unlimited supply of just the right gasses, smoke-bombs and weaponry, and had a profound distaste for killing people. A quick fun read. Will seek out previous installments of the Rat's adventures. Harrison throws i......more

Goodreads review by Linda on September 17, 2011

Another zany and fun rat adventure whereby this time he and Angelina are simply trying to enjoy a belated honeymoon but instead end up involved in overthrowing the corrupt government of Paradiso Aqui by becoming its next president! Of course, like all rat books, the story is full of social and polit......more