
Feeding The Rat
A Climber's Life on the Edge
Al Alvarez(Author)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1st Edition
Published on 7. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7475-6452-2 (ISBN)
Description
Feeding the Rat is the story of an extraordinary man: climbing legend Mo Anthoine, who found his greatet joy in adventures that tested the far limits of human endurance. That passion for "feeding the rat" made him the unsung hero of dozens of horrifying epics in the mountains, including the famous ogre expedition that nearly killed Doug Scott and sir Chris Bonington. The book is also the story of the extraordinary friendship between Mo and adrenaline junky Al Alvarez - the distinguished poet, journalist and critic - whose deeply moving portrait of his longtim climbing partner is a classic of adventure literature.
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Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
157 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7475-6452-2 (9780747564522)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
03/2013
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
€12.49
Available for download
Person
Al Alvarez, poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, poker player, has for seventy years been hard to categorize. Author of over twenty books including POKER,THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN and THE SAVAGE GOD: A STUDY OF SUICIDE (all available from Bloomsbury) he is one of the great writers of the twentieth century.