A reread in advance of Volume III being released in a few weeks. I really like this book, much more than Vol II from what I remember; but we will shortly find out if that is the case when I reread that too. It's set in a dreamlike flooded Thames Valley where water spirits and fairies have surfaced, and a young boy attempts to take the baby Lyra to safety in his canoe, La Belle Sauvage. Really enjoyable, although I may have understood it more if I'd read Spenser's the Faerie Queene which was a big influence apparently. I've take a couple of days off in October to read Vol III as soon as it is released.
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