Review

Tim Bonyhady's book, The Enchantment of the Long-Haired Rat, chronicles the rat empire of 1880s Australia

By Mark Thomas
August 24 2019 - 12:00am

Including "enchantment" in a book about an aggressive plague rat might seem like hyperbole, irony or a veiled reference to the Pied Piper. The word might be compared with writing about the "charm" of a cane toad or "allure" of taipans.

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