Riddley Walker

Riddley Walker

by Russell Hoban
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 29/04/2021

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'This is what literature is meant to be' Anthony Burgess


'O what we ben! And what we come to...' Wandering a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape, speaking a broken-down English lost after the end of civilization, Riddley Walker sets out to find out what brought humanity here. This is his story.


'Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece' Observer


'A timeless portrayal of the human condition ... frightening and uncanny' Will Self


'A book that I could read every day forever and still be finding things' Max Porter

ISBN:
9780141995427
9780141995427
Category:
Science fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
29-04-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Russell Hoban

Russell Hoban is the author of many famous novels, including Turtle Diary and Riddley Walker, which won the John W. Campbell Award for science fiction.

He also wrote over 50 children’s books, including such classics as The Mouse and His Child, The Sea-Thing Child and, most recently, Rosie’s Magic Horse and Soonchild.

Born in Pennsylvania in 1925, he moved in 1969 to London, where he lived until his death in 2011.

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