'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

Product Specifications

Author: Russell Hoban

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Language: English

ISBN: 9780241485750

Format: Paperback

Length: 272 pages

Size: 13cm x 1.8cm x 19.8cm

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