![]() ![]() Researching the names of the streets and landmarks near the rats' homes, Sullivan is led even deeper into the city's history till he is back to the 19th century, when the real gangs of New York were the packs of rats that overran the city's bustling docks. Conversations and field studies with "pest control technicians" spirit him back to 1960s Harlem, when rat infestations played a part in the Civil Rights movement and the creation of tenants' organizations. Observing a group of rats in a New York City alley, just blocks from a pre–September 11 World Trade Center, leads Sullivan into a timeless world that has more twists than Manhattan's rat-friendly underbelly. ![]() you are within close proximity to one or more rats having sex"), Sullivan quickly focuses in on the rat's seemingly inexhaustible number of connections to mankind. ![]() After pointing out a host of facts about rats that are sure to make you start itching ("if you are in New York. In this excellent narrative, Sullivan uses the brown rat as the vehicle for a labyrinthine history of the Big Apple. ![]()
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