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The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman · 2000

Literary Fiction · ranked #142 in category

Winner · The Costa Book of the Year, 2001Winner · The Whitbread Book of the Year, 2001

The final volume of His Dark Materials brings Lyra and Will to the land of the dead while their parents and allies fight to determine the fate of consciousness itself. Pullman completes his rewriting of Paradise Lost, making Lyra's choice — and its cost — the theological and emotional climax of the trilogy. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2000 · 2000s
Author
Philip Pullman
Standing
Essential Read

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