Ratman’s Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert – Artist Edition (Suntup Editions)

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PUBLISHER: Suntup Editions EDITION: Artist Edition (Signed by Sophia Rapata) PUB DATE: March 2026 PRICE: $135 The basis for the 1971 film Willard and its 2003 remake, Stephen Gilbert’s bestselling novel Ratman’s Notebooks was hailed by The Washington Star as “a horrific, grisly and truly frightening masterpiece of terror.” This is the first limited edition of the novel. Presented through a series of journal entries, Ratman’s Notebooks follows an unnamed narrator—a reclusive misfit who finds himself alienated from the world around him. Working a thankless job at a company once owned by his late father and living under the thumb of a domineering mother, he drifts through life unnoticed and unloved. When his mother demands he exterminate a rat infestation, he sets out to do just that, but cannot bring himself to follow through. Instead, he begins to bond with the rats, earning their trust, training them, and ultimately forming a secret society of intelligent companions. As his connection to the human world continues to fray, his relationship with the rats deepens and he begins to see them as agents of vengeance. What begins as a quiet rebellion escalates into a chilling plan for revenge, as the narrator sets out to reclaim power in a world that has made him feel powerless. Published in 1968, Ratman’s Notebooks became an immediate bestseller and was praised for its quiet horror and psychological intensity. New York Magazine called it “one of the more terrifying, deliciously scary

• Binding: Hardcover

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