''This is what literature is meant to be'' Anthony Burgess''O what we ben! And what we come to...'' Wandering a desolate post-apocalyptic landscape, speaking a broken-down English lost after the end of civilization, Riddley Walker sets out to find out what brought humanity here. This is his story.''Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece'' Observer''A timeless portrayal of the human condition ... frightening and uncanny'' Will Self''A book that I could read every day forever and still be finding things'' Max Porter