The Truth - (Discworld Novel 25) - Terry Pratchett - Paperback Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - 2013 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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A paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel. ''An unmitigated delight . . . very, very funny'' The Times ‘A political thriller set in a fantasy world and a fantasy novel involving a political thriller.... A classic from a master storyteller ’ 5-star reader review ''A lie can run round the world before the truth can get its boots on.'' William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork''s first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . . Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.It''s a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . . The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but The Truth is a standalone. Praise for the Discworld series: ''[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'' Mail on Sunday ‘Pratchett is a master storyteller ’ Guardian ''One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest'' George R.R. Martin''One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone ’ Daily Express ‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch‘ Masterful and brilliant ’ Fantasy & Science Fiction ‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable'' The Times ‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'' The Sunday Telegraph ‘Nothing short of magical ’ Chicago Tribune ''Consistently funny , consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns'' SFX ‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive , surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There''s never been anything quite like it ’ Evening Standard