*'Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.'* For a policeman, there can be few things worse than a serial killer at loose in your city. Except, perhaps, a serial killer who targets coppers, and a c
The Light Fantastic: A Novel of Discworld
β Scribed by Pratchett, Terry
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Edition
- Reprint
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0061801151
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β¦ Synopsis
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In The Light Fantastic, only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world.
β¦ Subjects
FICTION -- General
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