Equal Rites - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451157044 ISBN 13: 9780451157041

Publisher: Penguin, 1988

Synopsis

It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation.

The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex...

Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvinism in his hilarious third Discworld novel.

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Review

"'Pratchett keeps getting better and better...It's hard to think of any humorist writing in Britain today who can match him'" (Time Out)

"'If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett's unique blend of philosophical badinage, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity'" (Financial Times)

Book Description

Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvinism in his hilarious third Discworld novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451157044
• ISBN 13: 9780451157041
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256