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Riddley Walker

Riddley Walker

by Russell Hoban

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#563

3.0 (2 reviews)
Pages
256

"A hero with Huck Finn's heart and charm, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy.... Riddley Walker is haunting and fiercely imagined and—this matters most—intensely ponderable." —Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review "This is what literature is meant to be." —Anthony Burgess "Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and style.... The conviction and...

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red13x

Dec 31st, 2021

I just couldn’t get into this book, it was hard going with the Riddleyspeak language, but also with the story for me. I’m sure others will enjoy this, it is worth trying to get used to the language to see if you’ll get into it more than I did.

forline

Nov 1st, 2016

Remarkable imagination!!

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