Thirteen Hundred Rats by T.C. Boyle
T. Coraghessan Boyle is one the best—if not the best—short story writers producing fiction today. Like Tobias Wolff and George Saunders, Boyle consistently writes short fiction that arrests the imagination with oddity, wit and clarity of vision. In last week's New Yorker, he delivered again with Thirteen Hundred Rats.
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I would like to find out if Boyle has had much opportunity to observe laboratory and other rats.
The climas of the story is when the rat Robbie jumps successfully to escape the strike of the python and then endears himself to his owner. i wonder if this is based on any personal experiences of Boyle's.
I recently took care of a family of guinea pigs, until the father tragically starved because his teeth grew too long. By the time I realized the problem it was too late. We managed to breed nine lovely young ones, but then my health forced their sale. I am 73 and have had small strokes. Rodents of many sorts are lovely pets - smarter than people I think - perhaps the Hindus are righ about transmigration of souls.
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