The Wall

The Wall

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 05/09/2019
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The Wall
A powerful dystopian romp
Imagine a Britain where fears of immigration grew so great and climate change so terrible that a wall had to be built around the whole coastline. Well, tha... READ MORE
Sam Brewer in Truro
The Wall
Clever plot and interesting political messages!
Thanks to Faber for sending me a review copy. This is my first John Lanchester novel but will definitely be trying some of his others on the back of this o... READ MORE
Daniel Moran

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2020

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019

Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this, 729 more nights.

The best thing that can happen is that he survives and gets off the Wall and never has to spend another day of his life anywhere near it. He longs for this to be over; longs to be somewhere else. He will soon find out what Defenders do and who the Others are. Along with the rest of his squad, he will endure cold and fear day after day, night after night. But somewhere, in the dark cave of his mind, he thinks: wouldn't it be interesting if something did happen, if they came, if you had to fight for your life?

John Lanchester's thrilling, hypnotic new novel is about why the young are right to hate the old. It's about a broken world you will recognise as your own-and about what might be found when all is lost.

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 9780571298730
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Weight: 240g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm

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The Wall
A Warning
Brexit is looming, the Amazon is burning and where I live in the low lying lands of Hull the sea walls are being extended to protect against the ever incre... READ MORE
Richard at Hull Uni
The Wall
A world so bleak has never felt so full
The world ‘The Wall’ creates is one of a population filled with regret, anger and uncertainty, where the young must serve their time on the wall to protect... READ MORE
LilliTiger
The Wall
Too relevant for comfort
Well jeez, that was depressing. And kinda terrifying since Trump is a thing. It's sort of post-apocalyptic but without being at all post-apocalyptic. Like,... READ MORE
Becky, Waterstones Gloucester