Posted by Jock on January 11, 2006 at 16:50:42 from 84.64.131.122 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Phillip Pullman - New TV series posted by Robert Hill on January 11, 2006 at 15:35:43:
Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy is very serious. It challenges the reader in the same manner as Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World. It's also, no pun intended, but I can't find a better word, very dark.
But it was the Sally Lockhart books that I was refering to. The wicked villains are portrayed with Dahlesque relish and Victorian London is described with a Ransomish love of authentic period detail. And Sally Lockhart is a Victorian NB if ever ever there was one. Humour? Well you can't have everything!