London: Pan Macmillan, 1992. First Edition. 159pp. Hardcover: FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE. SIGNED by the author. The author’s first book for younger audiences, about love and revenge. Philip Pullman is one of the world’s most acclaimed and best-selling writers. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass, which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. The White Mercedes was adapted in 2009 into the award winning indie film 'The Butterfly Tattoo'.