The White Mercedes, Philip Pullman
The White Mercedes, Philip Pullman
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The White Mercedes

Author: Philip Pullman

Narrator: Colin Moody

Unabridged: 3 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/01/2011

Synopsis

A chance meeting with Jenny at an Oxford party leaves seventeen-year-old Chris with hope for a summer romance - and no premonition of trouble. Busy with his job and soon in love with Jenny, whose cheerful surface belies the dark uncertainty of her past, Chris misses all the signs of danger. Before he knows it, he's caught in the sinister web of a criminal whose desire for revenge crushes all those who stand in his way.

About Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England, in 1946. He has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His acclaimed trilogy, His Dark Materials, has been published in thirty-nine languages. . The Amber Spyglass, the trilogy’s astonishing finale, was the first children’s book in history to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. It was also nominated for the Booker Prize. When he is not writing books, Pullman enjoys drawing, woodworking, and playing the piano. He lives with his family in Oxford, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gemma on June 13, 2020

Well that was disappointing. I really expect so much more from this. Graphic and disturbing in places, the plot overall was boring and the characters were as a whole neither likeable nor unlikable. It's a very forgettable book, that left very little impression. No verses or paragraphs stood out or a......more

Goodreads review by Alex on June 24, 2019

The blurb of this book really gave the whole story away, this is the story of how a weird white guy fell in love with a girl in a few minutes and was entirely too creepy about it. As someone who read and loved His Dark Materials, I can now say that Philip Pull an is such a special author in that he’......more

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