Product Description
The Subtle Knife: The Graphic Novel
Author(s): Philip Pullman
Format: Hardback
Enter the remarkable world of His Dark Materials like never before with this stunning, full-colour graphic novel.
Following the life-shattering events of Northern Lights, Lyra has stepped into a brand-new world. Will has just killed a man.
Their paths cross in Cittàgazze. In a city haunted by soul-eating Spectres, troops of angels and vengeful witches, they find in each other a welcome ally.
Both are hoping to find something in this strange world: Lyra must discover the meaning of Dark Matter, while Will is desperately searching for his missing father.
What they find instead is a deadly secret, an object with extraordinary power. Each step of their journey brings them closer to an even bigger threat - and the shattering truth of their own destiny.
About the Author
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford.
His first children's book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published thirty-three books, read by children and adults alike. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy. These books have been honoured by several prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Prize, and (for The Amber Spyglass) the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time that prize had been given to a children's book. Pullman has received numerous other awards, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for Services to Literature.
About the Illustrator
Thomas Gilbert was born in 1983 and spent years studying the fine arts in Paris and Brussels, specialising in comics. He is both an author and illustrator, working on a range of children's and adult books.
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