The new Discworld novel from Britain's number one bestselling writer sees the Disc's first train come steaming into town.
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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.
Laugh-out-loud funny...A chuffing wonderful book. * SFX *
Terry Pratchett's creation is still going strong after 30 years as
Ankh-Morpork branches into the railway age...There are sly nods to
the history of railways and a cheeky reference to The Railway
Children. Most aficionados, however, will be on the look-out
for in-jokes and references from previous novels - of which there
is no shortage...It is at the level of the sentence that Pratchett
wins his fans. * The Times *
The genius of Pratchett is that he never goes for the straight
allegory. . .he remains one of the most consistently funny writers
around; a master of the stealth simile, the time-delay pun and the
deflationary three-part list. . .I could tell which of my fellow
tube passengers had downloaded it to their e-readers by the bouts
of spontaneous laughter. -- Ben Aaronovitch * The Guardian *
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