King Rat

King Rat may mean:

  • Uromys rex, a species of rat
  • King Rat (1962 novel), a novel by James Clavell set in World War II
  • King Rat (film), released in 1965, based on the James Clavell novel
  • King Rat (1998 novel), an urban fantasy novel by China Miéville
  • "King Rat" (song), a 2 track vinyl promo by Modest Mouse
  • King Rat is the head of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a music hall society of Great Britain
  • King Rat, the nickname of the Ulster loyalist Billy Wright, and an autobiography he wrote detailing his activities

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or rat:

    “The King o’ Scots, and a’ his power
    Canna turn Arthur O’Bower.”
    —Unknown. The Wind (l. 3–4)

    “Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men’s reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of “the rat race” is not yet final.”
    —Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)