The Riders

'The Riders is about the painful process of learning to live without illusions, without false anticipation . . . Furious and vital . . .a celebration – of the messiness of life and of the force of good fiction' -- The Guardian
A brilliant reflection on the instability of personality and memory, written in page-turning style * The Daily Telegraph *
An intricate, magnificently readable novel * The Sunday Telegraph *
Makes the senses jump. Concentrated, passionate, invigorating * The Independent *
'We don’t literally believe in the ghosts, just as we don’t always believe in Billie’s precociousness. But Scully is real. His hope and his pain are as real as a slant of light, a hangover, a laugh, the smell of dirty socks; and we follow this pilgrim’s progress with a heart-catching sense of our own soul’s fragility' -- Los Angeles Times
'Winton has forced a different kind of thinking about men and their imperatives, about the value and meaning of action . . . The Riders is a grand, poised, metaphorical reconciliation' -- Sydney Morning Herald
'At its breaking heart is a fearless exploration of how well we can ever really know each other . . . Winton is not a great Australian novelist; he is a great novelist full stop' -- The Times