Annotation - Chapter 14, Page 132
From Riddley Walker Annotations
- (132:37) "Now you ask Mr Punch if hes ready"
This is a fairly traditional Punch and Judy introduction, and the show that follows sticks closely to the usual story (Punch kills everyone) and style, though the details are much bawdier. (Traditionally, Judy is a rather sexless matriarch.) The cannibalism is a sign of Riddley's times.