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An edition of Riddley Walker (1980)

Riddley Walker (Picador Books)

New Ed edition

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.80 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 56 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

Engrossing post apocalyptic book that told entirely in a vividly degenerated post-English that the reader is left to decipher as they find their way through the novel.

Publish Date
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications
Language
English
Pages
214

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Subjects
Fiction, Nuclear warfare, Regression (Civilization), Slaves, Fiction in English, General, Non-Classifiable, Science Fiction, Fiction - General, Fiction, science fiction, general, England, fiction, Slaves, fiction, American literature, Great britain, biography, Enslaved persons, fiction
Places
Canterbury (England), Ramsgate, Dover, England, Canterbury
Times
Undefined apocalyptic future.

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Cover of: Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker
1998, Indiana University Press
in English - Expanded ed.
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Riddley Walker
1982, Washington Square
in English
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Riddley Walker (Picador Books)
June 1982, Trans-Atlantic Publications
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
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Riddley Walker: a novel
1980, Summit Books
in English
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Book Details

First Sentence

"On my naming day when I come 12 I gone front spear and kilt a wyld boar he parbly ben the las wyld pig on the Bundel Downs any how there hadnt ben none for a long time befor him nor I aint looking to see none agen."

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
214
Dimensions
8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

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OL10488267M
ISBN 10
0330266454
ISBN 13
9780330266451
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44537
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