The Truth (Isis)

Pratchett, Terry

ISBN 10: 0753111160 ISBN 13: 9780753111161

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books, 2001

Synopsis

The truth will out, or at least it's going to try to, any minute. New printing technology means that words just won't obediently stay nailed down like usual. They can now be taken apart and used to make other words. Which is downright dangerous. There's a very real threat of news getting out there. Of people finding out what's really going on. And the powers that be aren't happy - they want that to be far from the truth. If they are to call a halt to this madness of free speech, they may have to succumb to their despotic tendencies. But will they, in this brave new world, still be able to have the last word?

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Review

The Truth is Terry Pratchett's 25th novel about Discworld in general and the dirt-encrusted metropolis of Ankh-Morpork in particular--home of the sinister Patrician, the Unseen University of magicians and guilds for everything from Assassins to Thieves, taking in Clowns (but not mimes) along the way. Ankh-Morpork has weathered several influxes of technology in its time--a demon-inspired invention of the movies, the brief fad for Music with Rocks in it--and now it has acquired a free press, dedicated newshounds, dwarf printers with not especially nasty tempers (for dwarves), and people who want to see their amusing vegetables in the "On a Lighter Note" section. The business of politics (attempts by the old aristocracy to unseat the Patrician) is ratcheted up a notch and Vimes, of the City Watch, is in a worse temper than usual. William de Worde, editor, reporter and investigator, is another attractive Pratchett hero, captured for us in the middle of wonderfully parodied routines from old movies and fiction that he, in his world, is doing for the first time. This is inventive farce with touches of high seriousness and ethical good sense, and two of the nastiest doomed hitmen outside Tarantino. --Roz Kaveney

Review

"Pratchett has found his own way of turning lead into gold, and by that I don't just mean that he's written 25 bestsellers in 17 years, but that every one he has written is a treasure" Guardian "Fluent, intricately plotted and sometimes very funny" Daily Telegraph "Pratchett fans are in for a treat with his 25th Discworld novel" Daily Express "The Truth is an unmitigated delight and very, very funny ... The pace is compelling but he never lets his tale descend into simple farce" The Times "No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect of offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavour" Daily Mail

Edition details

• Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0753111160
• ISBN 13: 9780753111161
• Binding: Audio Cassette
• Language: English