Melanie McDonagh Melanie McDonagh

Three daemons in a boat

La Belle Sauvage is a terrific read. But if you lose God, you lose the greatest drama of all

issue 21 October 2017

  • The Book of Dust: Volume One La Belle Sauvage

    Philip Pullman

    David Fickling Books, pp. 545

  • Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling

    Philip Pullman

    David Fickling Books, pp. 480

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