This is the story of Rubin Kranovich.
Rubin is a bellhop at a fancy New Orleans hotel deep in the French Quarter.
He is a Quarter Rat.
All of Rubin's friends are Quarter Rats .
But Rubin does not plan to make this his whole life.
His hopes are big; his ambitions are grand.
When not at work and dressed in a red jacket and red cap, looking like an organ grinder monkey, Rubin can be found with his fellow Quarter Rats in the bars and cafés - ever developing new ways to make a buck.
Always scheming, always coming up with new gigs to perform.
Quarter Rats is a few raucous days in the life of Rubin Kranovich.
But it is also the story of Clifford Ritter, who drives a taxi in New Orleans, and Eddie Clabberman, who is working on a novel, a tome, if he ever finishes it.
Meet Ramona, Rubin's girlfriend, and Sebastian, Rubin's best friend, and Horace Slagg.
Like Rubin, they are all Quarter Rats - for better or for worse.
Del Gato Quarter rats, paperback/j. r. klein
