自稱賣藥人的舊貨商用一塊洗衣石和一個治百病妙藥的空瓶,交換了男孩喬瑟夫的睡衣和羊肩肉,一段神奇的友誼就此萌芽…布克獎入圍,高齡87歲的Alan Garner再次發揮無邊想像力,融合魔法與民間故事,帶給我們一段無比驚喜的閱讀旅程。shortlisted for the BOOKER PRIZE 2022A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity time, vivid storytelling that illuminates an introspective young mind trying to make sense of everything around him. 'Ragbone! Ragbone! Any rags! Pots for rags! Donkey stone!' Joe looked up from his comic and lifted his eye patch. There was a white pony in the yard.It was harnessed to a cart, a flat cart, with a wooden chest on it. A man was sitting at a front corner of the cart, holding the reins. His face was creased.He wore a long coat and a floppy high-crowned hat, with hair straggling beneath, and a leather bag was slung from his shoulder across his hip. Joe Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. He reads his comics, collects birds' eggs and