Russell Hoban: Riddley Walker 1980
"Looking at the smoak coming up in the dead town and my mynd still running on the dogs. There ben the dead towns all them years. Ram out poasts in 1 part of them and dogs hoalt up in other parts. And all them years you heard storys of dog peopl. Peopl with dogs heads and dogs with peopls heads. Some said come Ful of the Moon they all run to gether in the Black Pack. Dogs and dog peopl to gether. The Ram dint allow no 1 in the dead towns but when I ben littl we use to sly in when ever we got the chance and kids a nuff for crowd. Trying if we cud see dog peopl. Fork Stoan it ben befor we livet near Bernt Arse. We never seen nothing only the hevvys and they all wways seen us off qwick. We heard things tho some times. Singing or howling or crying, or larfing you cudnt qwite say what it wer or what it wernt."
Many ful of the moons in futr. After Littl Shining Man wert pult apart by Eusa in the 1 Big 1 Riddley livt in darkness. Irn was got from olt machines. Dogs have turnt agin peopl but Riddley is dog frendy, and so not trusty. No won livt in towns no more, but he livt near Fork Stoan and talks alt threw like a Kentish retard. Soon he makes pilgrim to Cambry.
You havt to read it real slow in accent. For 220 pages.
Saturday, 18 September 2010
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