Review of 'The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
This is the third prequel to the original book, and was quite disappointing. The good points are the setup (Jim DiGriz forms a musical group to infiltrate a prison planet) and how quick it is to read.
The prison planet itself contains a multitude of societies, each less believable than the one before. One of these is clearly Harrison's clumsy commentary on Robert Bly's [b:Iron John: A Book About Men|122600|Iron John A Book About Men|Robert Bly|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1348052112s/122600.jpg|604566].
Having now read all three sequels, I would recommend stopping after the first one.