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21%OFFTerry Pratchett - Maskerade - 9780552167567 - V9780552167567
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Maskerade

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Description for Maskerade Paperback. This is the Opera House, Ankh-Morpork.. a huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar evil mastermind in a mask and evening dress, with a penchant for lurking in shadows, occasional murder, and sending little notes full of maniacal laughter and exclamation marks. Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.

'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy . . .' Sunday Times

The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .

What sort of person sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. Opera can do that to a man . . .

It can also bring ... Read more

This isn't real life - it's worse. This is the Opera House, Ankh-Morpork . . . a huge, rambling building where innocent young sopranos are being targeted by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a mask and evening dress and with a penchant for lurking in shadows and occasional murder.

But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most formidable witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing. There's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evenin's entertainment with murders you can really hum to) and the show MUST go on.
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The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series.

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Product Details

Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Discworld Novels
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552167567
SKU
V9780552167567
Shipping Time
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About Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple ... Read more

Reviews for Maskerade
'Pratchett is as funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh'
Independent
'The great Terry Pratchett, whose wit is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has a multifarious genius for strong parody ... who deals with death with startling originality. Who writes amazing sentences'
New York Times
'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett uses ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Maskerade


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