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Philp Pullman: The Most Dangerous Man in England?

With the film of The Golden Compass being last year’s Christmas blockbuster, the book of the same name finds itself banned by American libraries for its ‘anti-Christian’ message. Stanley Campbell of Rare Book Review investigates the dark materials of Philip Pullman.