THE TRUTH (A DISCOWORLD NOVEL)
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Vydavatel: | Transworld Publishers |
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Publikováno: | 2001 |
Formát: | Rok vydání: 2001 , Typ: paperback paperback 448 stran |
Anotace
The Truth is Terry Pratchett's 25th novel about Discworld in
general and the dirt-encrusted metropolis of Ankh-Morpork in
particular--home of the sinister Patrician, the Unseen University
of magicians and guilds for everything from Assassins to Thieves,
taking in Clowns (but not mimes) along the way. Ankh-Morpork has
weathered several influxes of technology in its time--a
demon-inspired invention of the movies, the brief fad for Music
with Rocks in it--and now it has acquired a free press, dedicated
newshounds, dwarf printers with not especially nasty tempers (for
dwarves), and people who want to see their amusing vegetables in
the "On a Lighter Note" section. The business of politics (attempts
by the old aristocracy to unseat the Patrician) is ratcheted up a
notch and Vimes, of the City Watch, is in a worse temper than
usual. William de Worde, editor, reporter and investigator, is
another attractive Pratchett hero, captured for us in the middle of
wonderfully parodied routines from old movies and fiction that he,
in his world, is doing for the first time. This is inventive farce
with touches of high seriousness and ethical good sense, and two of
the nastiest doomed hitmen outside Tarantino.
Kategorie
Knihovnické kódy
- ISBN: 0552147680
- EAN: 9780552147682