Rat Man of Paris - Softcover

West, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0879515023 ISBN 13: 9780879515027

Publisher: Overlook Books, 1993

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Traces the friendship of Sharli Bandol, a teacher, and Poulsifer, the Rat Man of Paris, a drifter who becomes obsessed with punishing Nazi war criminals

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About the Author:

A naturally gifted spiritual medium and healer, Paul has been listening to, writing and speaking the Voice For God (Holy Spirit) and Jesus for many years. He is a seasoned channeler and author and continues to apply the forgiveness principles of A Course in Miracles to his own life. You are encouraged to have an open mind and heart as you listen to the words which have come through him, as an offering of clarity and peace. Surrender to your divine guidance and allow yourself to be lifted up into illumination. We are all awakening together. After receiving the book, please consider returning to write a short review/rating - your feedback is very powerful in helping more people to develop trust, and is very much appreciated. Thank you. Visit us online at www.voiceforgod.net

From Publishers Weekly:

Prestidigitator, mongrel, "holy fool," and boulevardier of the nether city, Rat Man flashes his rats at the crowds; people recoil, throw coins. At night in his newspaper-lined hovel, he lodges the rats in an old dollhouse of his mother's. His other treasured debris includes her fox stole. Clad in a fake rag-tag Nazi uniform, he wheels the fox in a baby cart, sporting banners printed with the face of an infamous Nazia Barbie or a Mengele. Who is Rat Man? West, with his intense interst in the possessed, the feral, the flawed psyche, and his brilliant capacity for ferreting out its secrets, discloses Rat Man's aim: to avenge a Nazi atrocity against his village. When Sharli finds Rat Man, she half-domesticates him and bears his child. Through her love she redeems his humanity. Or almost. West is a sorcerer of language: his yeasty prose seethes with metaphor that reconstructs Rat Man's warped yet canny logic. Poet, critic, essayist, novelist (Caliban's Filibuster, Alley Jaggers, he is also the author of the moving (nonfiction) Words for a Deaf Daughter, to be reissued in conjunction with this, his 10th novel.
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