A masterful collection of essays on storytelling. Written over 20 years, Philip Pullman one of the world's greatest storytellers meditates on story-telling in over 30 essays. von Pullman, Philip

Tick, tick, tick, tock. Once you've wound some things up nothing can stop them . . .It is a cold winter's night when Karl enters the White Horse Tavern looking like he's swallowed a thundercloud. His final task as a clockmaker apprentice...