In the end, it has worked for me on every level. Things come into the mind and wait to hook up with other things there are places that can heighten your responses, and if you let your head go its own way it might, with luck, make interesting connections.'in 'Riddley Walker by Russell HobanI was initially a doubter, even a hater of “Riddley Walker.” Thanks to this great RG and many friends from TLS, I was converted to a great admirer of Hoban and a mega fan of this extraordinary book. Eustace to Riddley Walker and all I can say is that it's a matter of being friends with your head. Hoban's soaring flight of imagination is that golden rarity, a dazzlingly realized work of genius.' -Jane Clapperton, Cosmopolitan Ferociously inventive.' -Walter Clemons, Newsweek 'Stunning, delicious, designed to prevent the modern reader from becoming stupid.' -John Leonard, The New York Times Suffused with melancholy and wonder, beautifully written, Riddley Walker is a novel that people will be reading for a long, long time.' -Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece.' -Anthony Thwaite, Observer The conviction and consistency are total.

'Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and style. 'This is what literature is meant to be.' -Anthony Burgess Riddley Walker is haunting and fiercely imagined and-this matters most-intensely ponderable.' -Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review

'A hero with Huck Finn's heart and charm, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy.

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