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Shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize
"Thrilling…A topical and deftly satirical novel." Anna Mundow, Wall Street Journal
"Thrilling…A topical and deftly satirical novel." Anna Mundow, Wall Street Journal
In this taut, dystopian tale, an island nation ravaged by the Change has built an enormous concrete barrier around its coastlinethe 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 timeclimate change, increasing fear, widening divisionsThe Wall is a suspenseful story of love, trust, and survival.
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ISBN-13: | 9780393357776 |
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Publisher: | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. |
Publication date: | 03/17/2020 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 272 |
Sales rank: | 184,708 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author

John Lanchester is the best-selling author of the novels The Debt to Pleasure, Capital, and The Wall, among others other works of fiction and nonfiction. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and his books have won the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and been longlisted for the Booker Prize. A regular contributor to the London Review of Books and The New Yorker, he lives in London.
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