Russell Hoban, of Riddley Walker fame, died Tuesday. I'm not sure that I knew he also wrote children's books and was quite well-known for them, too. (Note how quickly that Harper Collins page I just linked to was updated.)
I used to have a copy of Riddley Walker, which I could not make head nor tails of when I read it years ago. Perhaps one of my 2012 plans will be to read Hoban's children's books and take another shot at Riddley.
Of course he was! The Frances books are classics, as is The Mouse and His Child. Here's a nice tribute to him also in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/14/russell-hoban-my-hero-self
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