The Mouse and His Child is a novel by Russell Hoban, first published in 1967 and is the most well known of Hoban's works. It was adapted in 1977 into an American-Japanese animated film.
The mouse and child are a pair of toy mice, joined by the hands and operated by clockwork. The story charts their beginning in a toy store, their purchase, discarding, and pursuit by a malicious rat named Manny who runs a casino and uses broken toys as his labor force, and ultimately, their quest to become self-winding.
This movie has been a favourite of mine since I first saw it as a young child. It differs...
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