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Riddley Walker
- Author
- Russell Hoban
- Narrator
- Richard Pearce
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 29 April 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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'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.
'This is what literature is meant to be' Anthony Burgess
'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
© Russell Hoban 2021(P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and of style ... funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece.
The Observer
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You are syntactically and emotionally and politically absolutely in the book's spell. The way it changes is unbelievable; it is a living thing.
Max Porter
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Extraordinary... a hero with Huck Finn's heart, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy... Fiercely imagined and intensely ponderable.
New York Times Book Review
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Suffused with melancholy and wonder, beautifully written, Riddley Walker is a novel people will be reading for a long, long time.
Washington Post
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This is what literature is meant to be.
Anthony Burgess
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The strongest, most desolate and bewildered voice in modern fiction. In the mental silence that followed the closing of the last page, I wanted to applaud, through tears.
Cosmopolitan
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The book has an evangelical effect on people ... Riddley is an absorbing character, Hoban's language has a fantastic, rough poetry and the post-apocalyptic world is chilling and convincing.
The Observer
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
One of a kind, Completely original, gripping from start to finish, Quite a demanding read both As to the dialect and also the content, Characters seem quite real and also quite different one from the other. It helped a lot to have both the audio and written version. The audio was excellent, As good as could be .
Cebepe 2026-09-02
Details
- Author
- Russell Hoban
- Narrator
- Richard Pearce
- Duration
- 8 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241525135
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Dystopian and utopian fiction, Classic science fiction, Fantasy
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. '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.'This is what literature is meant to be' Anthony Burgess'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© Russell Hoban 2021(P) Penguin Audio 2021
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