# Slippery Jim diGriz — The Stainless Steel Rat character guide > Slippery Jim diGriz in The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. **Role:** major **Also known as:** James diGriz, Slippery Jim, Jimmy, Jim, James, James Bolivar diGriz, James Bolivar **First appearance:** 0001-the-stainless-steel-rat ## Snapshot A cheerfully unrepentant master thief who narrates his own capers with relish, until the law catches up and offers him a job instead of a cell. ## Who they are Jim diGriz robs, forges, and improvises his way across the galaxy with a grin, treating each arrest as a scheduling inconvenience and each escape as a timed engineering problem. His real talent is not violence but nerve and misdirection, which makes him valuable to people who need a criminal's mind on their side. When the Special Corps corners him, the question becomes whether a man who has spent his life dodging the law can be trusted to enforce it. ## Relationships ### [Angelina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/angelina) _romantic_ Angelina and Slippery Jim diGriz share a deep, adventurous romantic partnership built on mutual respect and love. ### [Harold Peters Inskipp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/harold_peters_inskiipp) _professional_ Harold Peters Inskipp and Slippery Jim diGriz work together as colleagues in the Special Corps. ### [Angelina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/angelina) _romantic_ Angelina and Slippery Jim diGriz share a deep, adventurous romantic partnership built on mutual respect and love. ## In the story ### [The Stainless Steel Rat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/the-stainless-steel-rat) Protagonist and master criminal, executes a safe drop on a police robot and is later captured and recruited by the Special Corps. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/i) The protagonist and master criminal, executing his escape after being discovered. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/ii) Narrator and protagonist; plans and executes the Moraio's robbery, reflecting on his life as a 'stainless steel rat'. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/iii) The hunted thief, outwitted by the Special Corps, eventually recruited as an agent. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/iv) Narrates his boredom and frustration with Corps training, then uses his skills to uncover the battleship plot and convince Inskipp to send him on a reconnaissance mission. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/v) Investigates the battleship construction, uses a lie-detector robot, and deduces the involvement of Pepe Nero and Angelina. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/vi) Devises a media trap for Pepe Nero, posing as an admiral and coordinating the hunt for the stolen battleship. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/vii) Captures Pepe Nero and the battleship, but allows Angelina to escape; later fakes his own capture to board the ship. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/viii) Protagonist who disobeys Inskipp, steals a ship, and resigns after discovering a bomb. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/ix) Narrator and protagonist; escapes the Corps, plans to find Angelina, and robs a bank to reassert his identity. ### [The Trap Springs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/x) Narrator and protagonist; tracks Angelina, attempts to capture her, but is outmaneuvered and shot. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xi) Narrates his own near-death experience after being shot by Angelina, fakes his death by forging medical reports and swapping toe tags in the morgue. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xii) Narrates the chapter; fakes his death, stays on Freibur, recruits Dr. Vulff, and struggles to track Angelina. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xiii) Undergoes self-induced psychosis to understand Angelina; experiences violent impulses and paranoia under the drug's influence. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xiv) Emerges from psychosis, reflects on his dark desires and his attraction to Angelina, then adopts the cover of Grav Bent Diebstall to infiltrate the royal ball. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xv) Imprisoned and playing the role of a rebellious noble to bait Angelina; he refuses the King's leniency and waits for her move. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xvi) Narrator and protagonist; poses as Grav Bent Diebstall while infiltrating Count Rdenrundt's conspiracy. ### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xvii) Acts as bodyguard, considers reenlisting in the Special Corps, and learns about Angelina's past. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xviii) Reveals his true identity to Angelina; struggles with his feelings for her and his moral compass; deduces the Count's involvement in the assassination attempt. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/chapters/xix) Jim is confronted by Inskipp, learns the truth about his 'graduating exercise,' and struggles with his feelings for Angelina. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters/slippery_jim_digriz - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_stainless_steel_rat_se/characters