Ratking (novel)

Ratking
First edition
AuthorMichael Dibdin
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAurelio Zen series, #1
GenreCrime, Mystery novel
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
April 5, 1988
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback, Paperback)
Pages288 pp (hardback) 292 (paperback)
ISBN0-571-15147-7
OCLC17262947
Followed byVendetta 

Ratking is a 1988 novel by Michael Dibdin, and is the first book in the popular Aurelio Zen series, introducing readers to the Italian police commissario's morally shady world. On publication it won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for fiction.