Riddley Walker - Couverture souple

Introduction by Adam Roberts, afterword by David Mitchell.

"Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down."

Riddley Walker - orphaned, outcast and quite alone - goes on a journey through a post-apocalyptic England, telling his tale in language which reflects the decayed world around him.

Quotes:

"it reads as fresh and vivid today as it has since it was first published" - Will Self

"Suffused with Melancholy and wonder, beautifully written, Riddley Walker is a novel people will be reading for a long, long time" - Washington Post

"I wanted to applaud, through tears" - Cosmopolitan

Bio: Russell Hoban (1925-2011) was born in America but found his true home in London, where he lived for the last 42 years of his life. Author of highly acclaimed literary fiction, children's books, genre fiction and non-fiction, he defied all categorisation.

Set in a post-apocalyptic England, RIDDLEY WALKER tells the tale of one twelve year old boy and his journey through the ruins of civilisation. After the death of his father in an accident, Riddley must become a man. But his inquiring mind and strange ways set him apart from his people, and when he discovers a relic of the old time, he sets in motion a chain of events that may well lead to the end of the world (again).

Written in a remarkable and rewarding language, RIDDLEY WALKER is a tour-de-force of imagination, history and psychology. Challenging and rewarding, this is a book that repays rereading again and again. There's a reason why the reviews were so good, and why so many authors cite it as an inspiration. It is, quite frankly, a masterpiece.