Аннотация
Harry Harrison
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
Chapter 1
“You are a crook, James Bolivar diGriz,” Inskipp said, making animal noises deep in his throat while shaking the sheaf of papers viciously in my direction. I leaned back against the sideboard in his office, a picture of shocked sincerity.
“I am innocent,” I sobbed. “A victim of a campaign of cold, calculating lies.” I had his humidor behind my back and by touch alone—I really am good at this sort of thing—I felt for the lock.
“Embezzlement, swindling and worse—the reports are still coming in. You have been cheating your own organization, our Special Corps, your own buddies—”
“Never!” I cried, lockpick busy in my fingers.
“They don’t call you Slippery Jim for nothing!”
“A mistake, a childish nickname. As a baby my mother found me slippery when she soaped me in the bath.” The humidor sprang open, and my nose twitched at the aroma of fragrant leaf.
“Do you know how muc...
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