Thursday, 25 September 2008

Riddley Walker

I'm re-reading this again. It's a great book.

However, as it's set in Kent two thousand years after a nuclear war and written in a decayed phonetic English, it's a tricky read.

Trubba not, read the first few pages out loud in a West Country accent and everything gels together. Oh, and this website helps too.

Apparently, Russell Hoban found his ability to spell nose dived after he finished the book. TRUFAX!



1 comment:

Hob said...

Hey, thank you - I'm glad the RW annotation site is helpful. I came here following back links and, as often happens, found a lot of stuff I like. -Eli