Alan Garner
Treacle Walker
Treacle Walker
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An extraordinary, “playful, moving, and wholly remarkable” (The Guardian) coming-of-age novel filled with myth and magic from one of England's greatest living writers.
An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock is trying to make sense of the world. Living alone in an old house, he spends his time reading comic books, collecting birds’ eggs, and playing with marbles. When one day a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker appears on a horse and cart, offering a cure-all medicine, a mysterious friendship develops and the young boy is introduced to a world beyond his wildest imagination.
Luminous, evocative, and sparely told, Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth, folklore, and the stories we tell ourselves.
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ISBN
9781668025512
Number of pages
160
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Bio
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Alan Garner is an English novelist, born in Cheshire in 1934. His childhood was spent in Alderley Edge, where his family has lived for more than four hundred years. His book The Owl Service won the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, and was made into a TV series. It established itself as a contemporary classic and Garner as a writer of distinction. His novel Treacle Walker was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded the OBE in for his services to literature.Alan Garner is an English novelist, born in Cheshire in 1934. His childhood was spent in Alderley Edge, where his family has lived for more than four hundred years. His book The Owl Service won the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, and was made into a TV series. It established itself as a contemporary classic and Garner as a writer of distinction. His novel Treacle Walker was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded the OBE in for his services to literature.
