The Collectors
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  • Published: 10 January 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241475256
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $16.99

The Collectors

A short story from the world of His Dark Materials and the Book of Dust

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10 Jan 2023
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9 Mar 2015
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23 Jun 2022
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A Gothic-feeling, atmospheric mystery story set in the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust from the globally bestselling and master storyteller Sir Philip Pullman.

'D'you - er - have you seen her before?'
'Yes. I know who she is.'
'But, Grinstead, this painting is seventy years old - probably nearer eighty! You're not being serious - I mean . . . What do you mean?'

On a dark winter's night in 1970, Horley and Grinstead huddle for warmth in the Senior Common Room of a college in Oxford. Conversation turns to the two impressive works of art that Horley has recently added to his collection.

What the two men don't know is that these pieces are connected in mysterious and improbable ways; and they are about to be caught in the cross-fire of a story which has travelled time and worlds.
  • Published: 10 January 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241475256
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $16.99
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About the author

Philip Pullman

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.

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Also by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
I Was a Rat! Or, The Scarlet Slippers and The Scarecrow and his Servant
The Firework-Maker's Daughter, Clockwork, or All Wound Up
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel Volume 2
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