Matt K reviewed King Rat by China Miéville
Review of 'King Rat' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Very good. China leads on a drum and bass exploration of the London underworld. If you've read Neverwhere, you'll get strong echoes of it throughout, but this is darker and makes some hard turns from the story you might expect.
It's also more obvious that this is early writing from China - there are some unfired checkov's guns, some cheats at the very end, but overall it's a great book.