The Riders

The Riders

by TimWinton (Author)

Synopsis

Fred Scully has decided to leave Australia to carve a new life for himself and his young family in Ireland. He labours alone to make their dilapidated cottage habitable, but when he arrives at the airport to pick up his wife and child, only his small daughter steps off the plane. So begins Scully's desperate odyssey across Europe, trying to track down the wife he comes to realize he didn't know. 'A brilliant reflection on the instability of personality and memory, written in page-turning style' Daily Telegraph 'An intricate, magnificently readable novel' Sunday Telegraph 'Makes the senses jump. Concentrated, passionate, invigorating' Independent

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: Reprints
Publisher: Picador
Published: 02 May 2008

ISBN 10: 0330339427
ISBN 13: 9780330339421
Book Overview: The Riders was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize.
Prizes: Shortlisted for Booker Prize for Fiction 1995.

Author Bio
Tim Winton was born in Perth in 1960. His work includes novels, collections of stories, non-fiction and books for children. He has won the miles Franklin Award three times, and been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Riders (1995) and Dirt Music (2002).