The Wall
John Lanchester
(Author)
Description
In this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastline--the Wall. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls trapped amid the rising seas outside. A blend of the most compelling issues of our time--climate change, increasing fear, widening divisions--The Wall is a suspenseful story of love, trust, and survival.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
March 17, 2020
Pages
272
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.2 X 0.7 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393357776
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About the Author
John Lanchester is the author of five novels, including The Debt to Pleasure and Capital. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and he is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. He lives in London.
Reviews
Unputdownable. It's 1984 for our times.--Michael Lewis
A harrowing, brilliant, and troublingly plausible vision of the future.--Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
Gripping.... Few readers will stop until they reach its final page.--Alec Nevala-Lee
A powerful thought experiment.--Giles Harvey
An unsettling, compulsive and brilliant portrait of powerlessness.--John Day
Bold and confident fiction that highlights the current American and British issues of Trumpism and Brexit. It also examines the increasingly wide social and political divide of the young and the old.--Ant Jones
As in all good dystopian fiction, Lanchester shows us a world that could become a reality... [He] maintains measured, elegant prose-creating an assuredly human dystopian novel.--Lucas Wittmann
Highly relevant.--Ron Charles
A harrowing, brilliant, and troublingly plausible vision of the future.--Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
Gripping.... Few readers will stop until they reach its final page.--Alec Nevala-Lee
A powerful thought experiment.--Giles Harvey
An unsettling, compulsive and brilliant portrait of powerlessness.--John Day
Bold and confident fiction that highlights the current American and British issues of Trumpism and Brexit. It also examines the increasingly wide social and political divide of the young and the old.--Ant Jones
As in all good dystopian fiction, Lanchester shows us a world that could become a reality... [He] maintains measured, elegant prose-creating an assuredly human dystopian novel.--Lucas Wittmann
Highly relevant.--Ron Charles
