Powsels and Thrums
Author: Alan Garner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 'I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Entrancing ... a creative manifesto' TELEGRAPH 'Mesmerising ... vibrating with life and curiosity' OBSERVER In this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working-class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford,...