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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.
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."..one of the most ingenious novels ever written." --"The Seattle Times "
..".one of the most ingenious novels ever written." "The Seattle Times ""
An artistic tour-de-force in every possible way New York Review of Books"
singular, visionary, ingenious, uncompromising, glorious, angelic and demonic
This is what literature is meant to be - exploration without fear
An artistic tour-de-force in every possible way New York Review of Books"
An artistic tour-de-force in every possible way--New York Review of Books
Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece--The Observer
This unjustly forgotten 1980 novel is unlike anything else: Its portrait of a world after a nuclear holocaust - the explosion of the "1 Big 1" - is written in language that's brilliantly fractured, as if a bomb has exploded there as well.
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..".one of the most ingenious novels ever written." "The Seattle Times ""
An artistic tour-de-force in every possible way New York Review of Books"
singular, visionary, ingenious, uncompromising, glorious, angelic and demonic
This is what literature is meant to be - exploration without fear
An artistic tour-de-force in every possible way New York Review of Books"
An artistic tour-de-force in every possible way--New York Review of Books
Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece--The Observer
This unjustly forgotten 1980 novel is unlike anything else: Its portrait of a world after a nuclear holocaust - the explosion of the "1 Big 1" - is written in language that's brilliantly fractured, as if a bomb has exploded there as well.
One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century joins the SF Masterwork list.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0330266454
- ISBN 13 9780330266451
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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