The Stainless Steel Rat - Harry Harrison

Esse livro foi um prazer de ler. Uma ópera espacial escrita nos anos 60, cuja linguagem moderna, cenas ligeiras e reviravoltas às vezes nem tão previsíveis, fazem dela uma obra muito prazerosa de ler. Lembra Phillip K. Dick na escolha dos temas e personagens.

Possui um começo muito bem escrito:

When the office door opened suddenly I knew the game was up. It had been a moneymaker—but it was all over. As the cop walked in I sat back in the chair and put on a happy grin. He had the same somber expression and heavy foot that they all have—and the same lack of humor. I almost knew to the word what he was going to say before he uttered a syllable. “James Bolivar diGriz I arrest you on the charge—” I was waiting for the word charge, I thought it made a nice touch that way. As he said it I pressed the button that set off the charge of black powder in the ceiling, the crossbeam buckled and the three-ton safe dropped through right on the top of the cop’s head. He squashed very nicely, thank you. The cloud of plaster dust settled and all I could see of him was one hand, slightly crumpled. It twitched a bit and the index finger pointed at me accusingly. His voice was a little muffled by the safe and sounded a bit annoyed. In fact he repeated himself a bit. “… On the charge of illegal entry, theft, forgery—” He ran on like that for quite a while, it was an impressive list but I had heard it all before. I didn’t let it interfere with my stuffing all the money from the desk drawers into my suitcase.

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