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Title: A tale told by an idiot
Review: I read this book thirteen years ago,after it's recommendation by a high-school eng. teacher. I have re-read it half a dozen times since than, each time I like it more. Hoban creates a future world of such hoplessness, it virges on beleviability. There seems little interest in "Post-Ap." explanations, theories or political observations which are usually the hallmark of this setting. All of this is ingnored, in favour of telling a story. Madness, violence, pidgin english, puppet-shows, all evoke a stylish back-drop, but don't wallow in self importance and deter from enjoying this really good book. I am not sure where Hoban meant to takethe reader, sometimes "Riddely Walker" can seem contradictory . If nothing else it is a story of what should happen. Some time when a man might find himself a hapless hero, in a place where being a hero means nothing
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