Alan Garner's Treacle Walker, published in 2021 and shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, is a brief but poetic novel that explores themes of time, reality, and perception. The novel builds on much of Garner's previous work, which similarly examined time and philosophical issues. Although the novel is not written for children (Garner has previously released several children's books), its protagonist is the young Joe Coppock, and the novel's spare style has pushed some to view it as a hybrid work—bridging and bringing together adult and young readers. The novel was critically hailed for its complex meditations on time, quantum physics, and reality, as well as its uniquely whimsical...
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