{"product_id":"9780008725242","title":"Powsels and Thrums","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Garner, Alan \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 09\/10\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008725242,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘One of Britain’s greatest writers’ FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Alan Garner’s world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming-of-age in a period of great cultural change, to crossing paths with a famous mathematician while out long-distance running, to the fateful day he chanced across Blackden, the medieval hall, miraculously located next to the giant telescope at Jodrell Bank, that was to become his lasting home and the setting for Treacle Walker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Garner tells us, a lifetime of working with a pen produces the powsels and thrums of research, imagination and story. These oddments can be shaped into something more than its parts: a vivid tapestry of a creative life that will inspire any reader, and what a celebration it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Better than anyone else writing in English today'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A unique genius’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘One of the most distinct and profound writers we have’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55823592391029,"sku":"9780008725242","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008725242.jpg?v=1755849859","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008725242","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}