Rat Catching (ISBN 0962299707) is a book by actor/filmmaker Crispin Glover. The book is a form of collage, reworked from Studies in the Art of Rat Catching, a 1896 non-fiction book now in the public domain. Pictures from the book, as well as the book itself, were shown in the opening credits of the 2003 film, Willard, starring Crispin Glover. The book also forms one segment of Glover's live slide show readings which are performed during particular screenings of his self-financed films What Is It? and It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine..
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