Rat: A Novel

asleep attack bakery belly bird bite black rat blind blood brick bright burrow cage cellar chink claws climb close coming corridor covered crates crawl crush danger dark devour door escape eyes fall farther faucet fear feel fish head fleas floor garbage gnaw gray hear hide hind paws human human voices hunger incisors inside jump kill leave light little female little rats live mammary gland metal millipedes Mother move nearby neck nest night nostrils odor old rat pigpen pipes port push rat runs rat's reach rodents roll rustling sacks scared sewage sewers ship side skin slabs of bacon smell snake sniff sounds squeaking squeeze stay stops storeroom stream street Suddenly surface surrounded tail teeth terrified touch trap tunnel wait walk wall wander warm watch whiskers wind window yard young female young rats