: The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
Author: Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat series has been a favorite of mine for decades, but his last few disappointed, and Hell, unfortunately, falls into the same category. In the original series, Jim DiGriz is a crook — a rat — but when Harrison turned DiGriz into a cop, married him, and threw a couple kids into the picture, the series went downhill. There’s still some of the Rat’s classic humor in this book, but too little, and the inane plot that just goes around in circles doesn’t help matters. I had great hope upon reading this line on the opening page: "My morale plummeted as the name slithered across my eardrums. Of all the beautiful bores on Lussuoso, Rowena was possibly the most beautiful — and certainly the most boring. I had to flee — or commit suicide — before she came in." That’s classic Jim DiGriz — unfortunately, he rarely appeared in the balance of the book. I usually read a SSR book in a couple hours — this one required work.
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