- Discworld (Imaginary Place), Science Fiction, Fantasy, Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character)
Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, and the rest of the Night Watch as they attempt to unravel the mystery of who poisoned Lord Vetinari the Patrician.
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Classical in form, richly built, resolved and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 379
- Publisher
- Goldmann, Plaza & Janes Editories Sa, Corgi
- Editions
- 42
- Language
- Italian, Chinese, German, cze
- ISBN
- 9781473200241
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- Discworld (Imaginary Place)
- Science Fiction
- Fantasy
- Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character)
- Fiction
- Fiction, fantasy, general
- Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
- Carrot (fictitious character : pratchett), fiction
- Fiction, humorous
- Drama (dramatic works by one author)
- Science fiction, fantasy, horror
- Fantasy fiction
“It was a warm spring night when a fist knocked at the door so hard that the hinges bent.”
Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, *The Carpet People*, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (*The Colour of Magic*) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read no
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