Evening Standard - London, December 5th, 2003
A writer's life is traditionally one of monkish solitude, but Philip Pullman's is so full of engagements that he doesn't have time to write. For this, Pullman must thank his 'big, baggy' and boldly atheistic Nineties' fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, which transformed the 56-year-old former teacher into a leading spokesman on matters educational, literary and moral, and also catapulted him into the company of Tom Stoppard and National Theatre supremo, Nicholas Hytner. His Dark Materials details the adventures of young Lyra in a series of parallel worlds, populated by harpies and angels, ar...
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