Stowaway

A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired such love and loathing.

Joe Shute is an author and journalist with a passion for the natural world. He writes features for The Daily Telegraph and is the newspaper's long-standing Saturday 'Weather Watch' columnist. He is currently a post-graduate researcher funded by the Leverhulme Unit for the Design of Cities of the Future (LUDeC) at Manchester Metropolitan University. Joe previously worked as a trainee journalist on the Halifax Evening Courier and the Yorkshire Post as its crime correspondent. His other books include Forecast: A Diary of the Lost Seasons and A Shadow Above: The Fall and Rise of the Raven. He lives in Sheffield with his wife (and rats). @JoeShute

Chapter 1: Devil's Lapdog Chapter 2: Rat Tails Chapter 3: Tunnels Chapter 4: Ratopolis Chapter 5: Heroes and Villains Chapter 6: Quarry Chapter 7: Prey Chapter 8: Borders Chapter 9: Fancy Chapter 10: Rat Island Chapter 11: Burrows Further Reading Acknowledgements Index