This essay is adapted from Ed Park’s introduction to the new edition of Russell Hoban’s novel Turtle Diary, out now from New York Review Books. You hear a lot about things you’re supposed to read. My ...

The American writer’s first eight novels for adults have been reissued as Penguin Modern Classics, offering a banquet of whimsical delights There are two types of people: those who rejoice that ...

Turtle Diary is a modern classic, first published exactly 50 years ago. 2025 also marks the centenary of Russell Hoban's birth. Read by Daniel Weyman and Katherine Parkinson.

Glenda Jackson is a children's author and Ben Kingsley a clerk who share a concern for captive sea turtles in this offbeat sleeper. Screenplay by Harold Pinter. Johnson: Richard Johnson. Fairbairn: ...