RIDDLEY WALKER
by HOBAN, Russell; illustrated by BLAKE, Quentin:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Synopsis
Riddley Walker is a novel by Russell Hoban, first published in 1980. It is generally regarded as science fiction, and won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel in 1982, as well as an Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award in 1983. It was additionally nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981. Hoban began writing the novel in 1974, inspired by the medieval wall painting of the legend of Saint Eustace at Canterbury Cathedral.
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- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22142
- Title
- RIDDLEY WALKER
- Author
- HOBAN, Russell; illustrated by BLAKE, Quentin:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition with Quentin Blake illustrations
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: The Folio Society. 2017
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