{"product_id":"9780008725242","title":"Powsels and Thrums","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Garner, Alan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCheshire\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 October 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e434 x 201 x 20 | 216g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Entrancing … a creative manifesto’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Mesmerising … vibrating with life and curiosity’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working-class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming-of-age in a period of great cultural change, to crossing paths with a famous mathematician while out long-distance running, to the fateful day he chanced across Blackden, the medieval hall, miraculously located next to the giant telescope at Jodrell Bank, that was to become his lasting home and the setting for Treacle Walker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Garner tells us, a lifetime of working with a pen produces the powsels and thrums of research, imagination and story. These oddments can be shaped into something more than its parts: a vivid tapestry of a creative life that will inspire any reader, and what a celebration it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Advice is practical as well as profound … Garner is a magus. Read him’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Offers a remarkable window into Garner’s mind and heart … Garner’s prose is as clear as glass’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A creative manifesto … We are all the richer for it’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Byline Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58256361849213,"sku":"9780008725242","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008725242.jpg?v=1780762504","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9780008725242","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}