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“Because he’s the honourable cowboy, the Western hero.”Posted by jessia on March 20, 2008 at 8:12 am Philip Pullman speaks to free lance journalist A.S.H. Smyth in this Tuesday’s Spectator about his upcoming book Once Upon a Time in the North and especially Lee Scoresby. Moving beyond God and towards British politics, globalisation, and the environment, Pullman arrives at a story where Lee and Iorek Byrnison, “finding that their interests mutually coincide with those of a Dutch merchant whose cargo has been illegally impounded, pool their strengths, automatically and almost wordlessly, in defence of the little man,” upon inspiration from The Magnificent Seven. Fans will also discover the origins of Lee’s balloon and Winchester rifle. Read more
Once Upon a Time in the North comes out April 3rd. 
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Skye says:
Me, too. March 21, 2008 6:53 pm | link
mark scoresby says:
Would be interesting to read.I probably wouldn’t agree with him though March 24, 2008 10:24 pm | link Leave a comment |
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I love Lee Scoresby.
March 20, 2008 8:24 pm | link