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    The Girl and the Rat
    The Girl and the Rat
    The Girl and the Rat
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Girl and the Rat

    Written by Jari Järvelä

    Narrated by Carly Robins

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    About this audiobook

    After losing her boyfriend and partner in crime, Rust, during a tragic run-in with security, Metro moves to Berlin to start over. She finds a home in a grimy squat where she befriends other graffiti artists, and together they carry out aggressive attacks, bombing entire trains and buildings with fresh paint and achieving international notoriety by posting their hits online.

    Adorning the attic of their squat is a wall-size piece by world-famous tagger Banksy depicting a silhouetted rat spraying a wall. It’s a hidden treasure amid the squalor. But when Metro comes home one day to find bodies—including one familiar face from her past—scattered around the building and the amazing mural missing entirely, she and her friends are forced into action. The piece turns up at auction for millions of dollars, and Metro must follow it to its new home in Kotka, Finland, a town she thought she had left behind for good.

    Up against the law and on the run from her personal demons, Metro has no choice but to seek justice with the only means she has: graffiti.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorKristian London
    Release dateMay 17, 2016
    ISBN9781511359184
    The Girl and the Rat
    Author

    Jari Järvelä

    Jari Järvelä has written novels, short stories, and essays, as well as plays for the stage and radio. He currently resides in Kotka, Finland, living between the ocean and a river. Naples and Marseille are his favorite cities because nothing works in them but everything works out, giving their citizens reasons to believe in miracles. His hobbies include karate, wines, and history. He is also passionate about punk music and fifteenth-century paintings, both of which indulge frenzied creation.

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