Roderick Random Author:Tobias Smollett Of Tobias Smollett's novels, none better typifies his art than this chronicle of the career of Roderick Random, pursuing love and fortune through every conceivable twist and turn of fate. Before this indomitable protagonist achieves his final vindication, the reader is offered an unforgettable journey through a lusty, brawling Hogarthian world, ... more »in a work that stands as the very embodiment of that age's unflagging energy and boundless appetite for life.« less