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Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban

Published 1980 by Jonathan Cape · 220 pages
Nebula Nominee 1982
Science FictionSynopsis
Written entirely in a fragmented, devolved English, this novel follows twelve-year-old Riddley Walker through a post-nuclear Kent two thousand years after civilization's destruction. As Riddley comes of age and stumbles upon the secret of gunpowder, he must navigate the myths, puppet shows, and power struggles of a primitive society built on the misunderstood ruins of our own.
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9780224018517