The Harrison, Harry 1925-2012 creator Freas, Kelly 1922-2005 text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Originally published: United States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1957 Science fiction Short stories Criminals -- Fiction Police -- Fiction DiGriz, James Bolivar (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS United States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1957 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70034 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70034 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134623.0 70034