Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Opening Sentence of the Day: Basil's Dream
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Hi RCR, I just glanced at your TBR list and saw Russell Hoban's "Riddley Walker" at the top. Great book -- one of my favorites. I had to write a story about puppetry the other day and was bummed I couldn't work in a reference to it. It's set in post-apocalypse England, when broken shards of the present are all over the place and the amateur anthropologists of the future misinterpret them in devastatingly funny ways. Like "Mad Max" but a lot smarter. A whole religion's been built up around a misunderstanding of the Punch and Judy show. Great stuff! (Hoban's also the author of some terrific kids' picture books.)
ReplyDeleteBob -- thanks for the scoop on Riddley Walker. I found a copy at a library book sale and, recognizing it from the Anthony Burgess list, I grabbed it. But I had trepidations because of the Old English-style vernacular. You make a convincing case for giving it a go.
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