Men at Arms (Discworld) - Softcover

Pratchett, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061092193 ISBN 13: 9780061092190

Publisher: Harper Torch, 1997

Synopsis

Placed in charge of the new recruits guarding Discworld's greatest city, Corporal Carrot investigates the discovery of an ancient document that reveals the existence of the city's secret sovereign, who is Carrot himself. Reprint.

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Review:

Another wild romp through Discworld! Corporal Carrot, a young dwarf, is newly in charge of the recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork. Edward, the 37th Lord d'Eath, has just discovered that Ankh-Morpork, kingless for generations, has a sovereign ruler, who must be convinced that he is, in fact, the King. The fate of Ankh-Morpork rides on a young man's courage, an ancient sword's magic and a three-legged poodle's bladder.

Review:

"'Funny, wise and mock heroic with a tongue-in-cheek Technicolour certainty'" (Sunday Express)

"'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own, and like Swift he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable'" (The Times)

"'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'" (Mail on Sunday)

"'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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Torch
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0061092193
• ISBN 13: 9780061092190
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 377