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Firmin: Autobiographie D'un Grignoteur De Livres

Sam Savage (author)

Paperback Published on: 02/06/2010; Language: French

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Publisher: Actes Sud
ISBN: 9782742791156
Languages: French

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Firmin

Firmin is the rather unusual name of a rat born in a bookstore. Being the runt of the litter, he has to fight his many siblings for most needed sustenance... READ MORE

Christine Finnigan

Great book, over too soon.

This book is a moving account of Firmin, a rat born in a bookshop and forced to survive by consuming the books around him. Following his early days as the ... READ MORE

JodieCotgreave

The idea is great - the execution, not so much!

I thought this book would be fantastic. The idea of a life of hardship told through the eyes of a rat. His adventures, mis-adventures and an all consuming ... READ MORE

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Firmin

This is a delightful tale about a rat called Firmin. Written in autobiographical style, Firmin tells us about his birth in a bookshop and, as the runt of ... READ MORE

Stella Anderson

Firmin

How many literate rats have you come across?! Firmin is a ridiculously likeable character, who was the runt of a litter of 13. His alcoholic mother had jus... READ MORE

Anne Watkinson

Firmin

Okay so this is a book about a rat who lives in a bookshop, and therefore, eats books for subsistence. Based on this premise - he can read! It's certainl... READ MORE

Georgina Bickerstaffe

Firmin

Books have a tendancy to laud the transformative power of reading and at first glance, this might seem to be another such tale of the triumph of art and im... READ MORE

Rhonda Crockett

Firmin

This is the tale of a literary rat; his life-story. He is born in a bookshop run by Norman in Scollay Square in Boston. The square has been earmarked for... READ MORE

Lucy Oakes

Firmin

This is a charming and funny book, set in 1960s Boston, about Firmin, a rat - the runt of the litter. He finds out he can read, probably because his mother... READ MORE

Anja de Jager

Firmin

Do not be fooled by the cover: this is not a children's book. In fact, never let your child read this until they are at least 18 and full of the cynicism o... READ MORE

Kate Dapre

Firmin

A book narrated by a literary rat. Hmm. Not a prospect that filled me with real anticipation. But this was a thoroughly enjoyable book from the first chapt... READ MORE

Helen Nash

Firmin

This is such a charming book. I picked it up because of the Book Circle recommendation and was not dissapointed.It is the story of Firmin a very unusual ra... READ MORE

Timothy Buckle

Firmin: Autobiographie D'un Grignoteur De Livres

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