Book description
"Watership Down" is stunning - a compulsive read. The story
is a picaresque saga about a motley band of rabbits who desert their
ancient warren when the gentle 'fiver' predicts imminent destruction of
all who remain. Led by Fiver's intelligent brother Hazel the refugees
set out on an epic search fro a new home.
Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor.
After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then
went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of
Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as
a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and
adults, and won the Guardian Children s Fiction Award and the Carnegie
Medal in 1972. Richard Adams has written many novels and short
stories, including Shardik and The Plague Dogs.
He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and enjoys a wide variety of
hobbies including walking in the countryside and English literature.
