Philip Pullman’s scarecrow is no man of straw - The Herald
There should be an award for the most inane truncated press quote to appear on a book jacket. The Indy's revelation, emblazoned across Philip Pullman's latest work, The Scarecrow and his Servant, that he is "A masterly storyteller" would be a contender.
Anne Johnstone of The Herald, at the start of her review of The Scarecrow And The Servant by Philip Pullman ("probably incapable of writing a bad book").


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