The stainless steel rat
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- Produced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1957 The Stainless Steel Rat .
- Produced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1957 The Stainless Steel Rat .
See also the longer work also titled "The stainless steel rat" and partially based on a version of this story: #70622. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat Release date is 2023-02-13
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"The stainless steel rat" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel first published in 1957.
Set in the far future, it follows James Bolivar diGriz, a charming criminal mastermind known as "Slippery Jim" and "The Stainless Steel Rat." He's a skilled con man, thief, and master of disguise who steals without remorse but refuses to kill. After pulling off an elaborate bank robbery, diGriz is outfoxed by the mysterious Special Corps—an organization of reformed criminals—and recruited to fight crime from the inside. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Science fiction Short stories Criminals -- Fiction Police -- Fiction DiGriz, James Bolivar (Fictitious character) -- Fiction