Book description
Feeding the Rat is the story of an extraordinary man: climbing legend
Mo Anthoine, who found his greatest joy in adventures that tested the
far limits of human endurance. That passion for "feeding the
rat" made him the unsung hero of dozens of horrifying epics in the
mountains, including the famous Ogre expedition that nearly killed Doug
Scott and Sir Chris Bonington. The book is also the story of the
extraordinary friendship between Mo and adrenaline junkie Al Alvarez -
the distinguished poet, journalist and critic - whose deeply moving
portrait of his longtime climbing partner is a classic of adventure
literature. 'This is writing of power and originality' Al Alvarez,
poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, poker player, has for seventy years
been hard to categorize. Author of over twenty books including POKER,THE
BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN and THE SAVAGE GOD: A STUDY OF SUICIDE (all
available from Bloomsbury) he is one of the great writers of the
twentieth century.
