Synopsis
About Sam Savage
See more books from this AuthorThe autobiography of a rat, born in a bookstore, that learns to read.
May 20 2010 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...Savage's sentimental debut concerns the coming-of-age of a well-read rat in 1960s Boston. In the basement of Pembroke Books, a bookstore on Scollay Square, Firmin is the runt of the litter born
Feb 06 2006 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage Find this on the Guardian bookshop Search the Guardian bookshop Though potentially a literary spin on Rat...
Apr 12 2009 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...Firmin : Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage Buy it from the Guardian bookshop Search the Guardian bookshop Living above a ramshackle Bo...
Apr 18 2009 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...Firmin by Sam Savage 184pp, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £10.99 The Wolf by Joseph Smith 154pp, Jonathan Cape, £10 Talking animals are common in children's literature, but not many adult novels feature such narrators as Firmin and The Wolf: a well-read rat who fantasises about Ginger Rogers and a mi...
Oct 04 2008 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...Thereafter he becomes the pet of a solitary sci-fi writer, Jerry Magoon, a smart slob and drinker who teaches Firmin about jazz, moviegoing and the writer's life.
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May 26 2016 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...I think both men and women would enjoy this book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves rats or books.
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Mar 30 2009 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...Firmin reads and “lets the books center my dreams, and sometimes I dreamed myself back into the books.” Any true booklover has often wished to disappear into a book;
May 31 2006 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...I walk around with the feeling of it still, a little unshakable – it feels a lot like Midnight Cowboy … I think about Firmin still weeks afterwards and bring the book up in all sorts of conversations, and I know its effect, its character, its purpose, its lines, are turning it into a favourite.’ ...
Nov 28 2008 | Read Full Review of Firmin: Adventures of a Metro...An aggregated and normalized score based on 54 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes