![]() ![]() Undaunted, he kept writing and publishing, sometimes two or three books a year (he has now written more than 120), and his reputation grew. Morpurgo, transported to the ceremony in a limousine, found that the car had mysteriously dematerialized during the evening he left by subway. It did get nominated for a big national prize, which it failed to win. ![]() Published in 1982, the book was a “huge nonevent” at the time, according to its author, Michael Morpurgo it drew better reviews than his earlier works but relatively little sales. LONDON - Before it was made into a hit West End play, before it was bound for Broadway, before it was set to be Steven Spielberg’s next big movie, “War Horse” was a slim, powerful children’s book about a young man and his beloved horse on the front lines of World War I. ![]()
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