- Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Discworld (Imaginary place)
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch comes home from work to read to his son, Young Sam, from their favorite book.
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Intimate, warm, contemplative and effortless.
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, Doubleday, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060872670
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“Every day, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch would be home at six o'clock sharp to read to Young Sam, who was one year old.”
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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