Summary
There should be an award for the most inane truncated press quote to appear on a book jacket. The Indy's revelation, emblazoned across Philip Pullman's latest work, The Scarecrow and his Servant, that he is "A masterly storyteller" would be a contender.
We really don't need to be told that the only children's author to carry off the overall Whitbread award, knows how to spin a yarn.See the full content of this document
Extract
Philip Pullman's Scarecrow Is No Man of Straw
It was not always so but, these days, Pullman is probably incapable of writing a bad book.
His touch is so sure, his plotting so flawless, that you know a new Pullman means a rare treat....See the full content of this document
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