Strandloper

A captivating novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker

Based on a true story, Strandloper tells the incredible tale of a nineteenth-century Englishman, William Buckley, who was convicted and transported to Australia. Refusing to accept his fate he escaped and lived among Indigenous Australians for thirty years.

In this visionary novel, Alan Garner is as true to William the Cheshire bricklayer and William the spiritual leader, as William is true to his fate. The result is extraordinary.