EDITORIAL REVIEW: It is rare and splendid event when an author is elevated from the underground into the international literary establishment. In the case of England's best-known and best-loved modern satirist, that event has been long overdue. Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent Discw
Carpe Jugulum: A Novel
β Scribed by Terry Pratchett
- Publisher
- Random House;HarperCollins
- Year
- 2008;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In this and indeed other lives there are givers and takers. It's safe to say that vampires are very much in the latter camp. They donβt have much time for the givers of this world β except perhaps mealtimes β and even less for priests. Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. Lancreβs newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family. They've got style and fancy waistcoats. They're out of the casket and want a bite of the future. But they havenβt met the neighbours yet: between them and Lancre stand Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. And Magrat, who is trying to combine witchcraft and nappies. And young Agnes, although she is really in two minds about everything. Mightily Oats knows he has a prayer, but he wishes he had an axe.
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