The Wall

Written by John Lanchester

Narrated by Will Poulter

Nominated for the 2019 Booker Prize
Narrated by BAFTA-winning actor Will Poulter

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Jan 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9781528847445

John Lanchester

John Lanchester (Hamburgo, 1962) creció en Calcuta, Rangún, Brunéi y Hong Kong y se educó en Oxford. Ha ejercido de reseñista de libros, periodista futbolístico, escritor de necrológicas y crítico de restaurantes para The Observer de Londres. Anagrama ha publicado sus cinco novelas: En deuda con el placer (Premio Betty Trask): «Una novela extraordinariamente inteligente, una de las mejores que se han publicado en los últimos años» (Enrique Vila-Matas, El País); El señor Phillips: «Vitriólica e irónica historia» (Qué Leer); El puerto de los aromas (Premi Llibreter 2005): «Una historia íntima y social magnífica» (J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, El Correo); «Una novela memorable» (Miquel Berga, La Vanguardia); Novela familiar: «Si existe un género de la autobiografía familiar (yo creo que existe), este libro es una de sus cumbres (Ignacio Martínez de Pisón), y Capital: «Formidable» (Robert Saladrigas, La Vanguardia); «La respuesta británica a La hoguera de las vanidades de Tom Wolfe. Parecida mala leche, mismo sentido del humor, misma intención sociológica en el retrato de una ciudad» (Elena Hevia, El Periódico); así como los ensayos ¡Huy! Por qué todo el mundo debe a todo el mundo y nadie puede pagar: «Un libro impactante» (Joaquín Estefanía, El País), y Cómo hablar de dinero: «Un gozoso desarme de los términos que usan los analistas envarados de las finanzas. Su descripción de expresiones usuales en los diarios y que solo esconden trucos para mantener la desigualdad es de tener siempre a mano» (Josep Maria Ureta, El Periódico).

Reviews for The Wall

[Paul Horstead · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Strange ending but a fun read, I think the ending was strange, but it kept me on my toes

[K_Steell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An original dystopian novel brilliantly narrated by Will Poulter.

[Rainie C · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not the best ever dystopian novel but interesting book imho

[Stella K · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Slow and boring at first but really engaging from the second part onward . Very good story .

[lucy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Captivating story, and well written. Would recommend giving it a read

[Sharon Howard · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was a case of waiting, feeling like There was a great writer giving you a great message and all you had to do was wait .... then nothing. An abrupt halt to the book which left me disappointed. Which was a shame as it could of delivered so much. The narration was flawless.

[Daniel Alapat · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Pretty good book, but didn't have that kind of can't put the book form kind of story, no motivation to keep reading

[Ana-Maria · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

“+”
I liked the story and the setting and also the writing style. The author creates powerful images and the world described,even if the level of detail is scarce, remains with the reader.

“-“
The plot is fairly simple and the characters’ depth is not a strong point.
We do not get to know too many things about the Others, their image remains blurred and the we have only a narrow perspective on how the world outside the wall survives ( some plunder, some cooperate). These were missed opportunities in turning this novel into a real dystopia.

[Ruta Grinkus · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Interesting story, but very flat. No Charakter painted in any relatable way. Three or four good ideas make no good book. I wished the whole bookm would have been written by someone with more talent in transforming speech into sensible feelings and experiences.