Powsels and ThrumsI salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN Entrancing a creative manifesto TELEGRAPH Mesmerising vibrating with life and curiosityOBSERVER 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