Philip Pullman does it again. Long-awaited word on the concluding volume of The Book of Dust appeared at the end of April in the BBC and Guardian, among other outlets. In his words, the forthcoming book is "partly a thriller and partly a bildungsroman: a story of psychological, moral and emotional growth. But it’s also a vision. Lyra’s world is changing, just as ours is. The power over people’s lives once held by old institutions and governments is seeping away and reappearing in another form: that of money, capital, development, commerce, exchange."
Once more, his choice of commentary suggests he is returning full circle to his first published books, The Haunted Storm and Galatea. The former is implicit in the flood that structures La Belle Sauvage; the latter directly deals with "money, capital" and the rest as its key plot mechanic and thematic concern, and it is dedicated, like The Secret Commonwealth, to Nick Messenger.
This is a post where I'll collect more of the myriad public statements of Pullman's which must be classed as "news," years out of date as they are.
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