Project Gutenberg 2016-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 110 Franklin, Jay 1897 1967 Carter, John Franklin The Rat Race Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Rat Race" by Jay Franklin is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows Lt. Commander Frank Jacklin, who, after an atomic explosion aboard his battleship, awakens to find himself in the body of a dissolute stockbroker named Winnie Tompkins. Jacklin struggles to adjust to his new life, navigating through a twisted blend of intrigue, politics, and complicated relationships with women as he tries to unravel the mystery of his own identity and the whereabouts of the real Tompkins. The opening of "The Rat Race" presents an intense scenario where Jacklin, while serving on the U.S.S. Alaska, experiences a catastrophic event that leads him to wake up in an unfamiliar and decadent world. Confused and disoriented, he grapples with the shocking reality of impersonating a man whose life is filled with complexity and distractions, including three women—his wife, a mistress, and a secretary—who complicate his newfound existence. As Jacklin attempts to fit into Tompkins' life while using his knowledge of impending disasters, he quickly realizes the challenges of maintaining his cover in a world where political secrets and personal betrayals are intertwined. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction World War II Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 496599 496602 2024-10-21T15:13:22.877070 2023-09-22T11:52:23.904417 text/html text/html 499494 2016-09-16T05:23:52 text/html; charset=us-ascii 280185 2016-09-16T05:24:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 295594 2024-10-21T15:13:29.293932 application/epub+zip 304302 2024-10-21T15:13:23.745964 application/epub+zip 265641 2024-10-21T15:13:23.363073 application/epub+zip 473601 2024-10-21T15:13:34.045932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439485 2024-10-21T15:13:28.928977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 400906 2022-09-23T16:17:00.258298 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473134 473039 2024-10-21T15:13:21.633946 2023-09-22T11:52:22.728427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 473006 2016-09-16T05:23:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 183769 2016-09-16T05:24:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20358 2024-10-21T15:13:34.178893 application/rdf+xml 24727 2024-10-21T15:13:23.461941 image/jpeg 4160 2024-10-21T15:13:23.412960 image/jpeg 280487 2024-10-21T15:13:22.923210 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia