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The Riders (Paperback)

by Tim Winton (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (9 Feb 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330339427
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330339421
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 71,819 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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, searching for the one person he thought he'd never lose. 'A brilliant reflection on the instability of personality and memory' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Makes the senses jump. Concentrated, passionate, invigorating' - "Independent".

About the Author
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).

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars What an odd book, 13 Aug 2003
By A. Weston "Adrian Weston" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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There is so much that is strange and unresolved in this book. So many questions are posed and left unanswered, that I feel I ought to hate it. In theory it is in many ways deeply unsatisfying and I don't even particularly like Scully as a character. But somehow The Riders continues to haunt me and stay with me in a way that many novels don't - i can't put my finger on what makes it work, but despite everything it does. Perhaps it is that you question why on earth Scully does what he does, and nag away at the problem, rather than just reject it as implausible. Don't read this with any expectations and you'll probably get on with it better: be prepared to be provoked and troubled. What is clear though is that Tim Winton remains a serious and challenging writer - I'm just about to read Dirt Music so very curious to see what that is like.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest books I've ever read, 25 Sep 2002
By A Customer
And I've read it three times.

The characters are real people - imperfect, irrational, insecure.
There are no trite endings.
I loaned it to my mother while she was visiting me, and at 1pm in the morning I found her in the kitchen with the light on, tears streaming down her face - "I can't put it down, what's going to happen next.." This book tapped into my mother's worst fear, that her partner might desert her.

My favourite character is Billy, the young daughter. There are few adult books out there that describe children in such non-patronising terms. And her relationship with her father is something to aspire to.

This book is different, thought-provoking, and life-affirming. Give it a chance.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Good but precious writing yields depressing empty story, 15 Sep 1998
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This review is from: The Riders (Paperback)
This is the story of a good but simple man whose wife is supposed to join him with their 7 year old daughter in the new home which he has rebuilt in Ireland. When the dazed daughter shows up without his wife, he starts a frantic, disorganized and eventually drunken search for her all over Europe. We watch the rapid descent of the hero into a state in which his 7 year old provides the only direction and stability of his life. He is only barely believable as a character and his daughter is even less credible. The writing is rich and often elegant but contains too much material that I would have considered daring as a teenage in the 60's but now seems trite. The story does not really develop, it just ends. Perhaps some would consider this book avant-garde but I just thought it bad.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
This book was a disappointment, especially having enjoyed Tim Winton's Cloudstreet hugely. The worst thing was knowing from the outset exactly what was going to happen - if you've... Read more
Published 4 months ago by B. Seed

1.0 out of 5 stars Reading time I'll never get back
This is one of the most pretentious, pointless novels written. It lacks any coherence of plot, and is ultimately a tedious and self indulgent piece of work. Read more
Published 10 months ago by dawnreader

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of other agreement with other reviewers
I finished this book last night and felt rather cheated! Please don't read this if you don't want to know what happens, but as others have already outlined it perhaps it is... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Lucy S. Hamilton

2.0 out of 5 stars Deeply irritating, ephemeral twaddle
We have a begining, a middle & an end, thank God an ending. However, the end is every bit as frustrating & unsatisfying as the rest of the story. Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2006 by Solo Walker

4.0 out of 5 stars The never ending search
I felt that this book was very well written and very intriging story line. I felt that Scully's search to find his wife was so one-sided in the fact that she didn't want to be... Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Some parallels with more recent Winton's "Dirt Music"
What "The Riders" and "Dirt music" have in common is not only the fact of having been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, but also the same narrative structure: from a settled,... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars A very unsatisfying book but interesting and readable
I hurtled through this book, skipping over all the fatuous, dreamy passages (which frankly the writer should have outgrown by now) desperate to learn exactly what had happened to... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars A Haunting Read
Good intentions aside, I find that few of my books actually get read a second time because there are so many books to read in total! Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
I was browsing and I thought I would add a comment further to the first reviewer.

I loved this book, it really hit home with me. Read more

Published on 18 Oct 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully written disappointment
The first half of this book is very carefully honed, the characters are introduced seemlessly, and by the time Fred Scully is at the airport waiting for his wife we are well... Read more
Published on 21 Jul 2000

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