Terry Pratchett

The Fifth Elephant

(Discworld Novel 24)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fifth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch'Precisely balanced . A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman.

Produktdetails

• Discworld Novels
• Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780552167628
• ISBN-10: 0552167622
• Artikelnr.: 38554957

Autorenporträt

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 which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.com

? Christian Thiel

Rezensionen

Precisely balanced . . . excellent set pieces . . . a cracking comic thriller. The Times

"Acclaimed British author Pratchett continues to distinguish himself from his colleagues with clever plot lines and genuinely likable characters in this first-rate addition to his long-running Discworld fantasy series. . . . Pratchett cheerfully takes readers on an exuberant tale of mystery and invention. Along the way, he skewers everything from monarchy to fascism, as well as communism and capitalism, oil wealth and ethnic identities, Russian plays, immigration, condoms, and evangelical Christianity-in short, most everything worth talking about." - Publishers Weekly

"More gloriously uproarious doings from Discworld. . . . Pratchett's humor is international, satirical, devious, knowing, irreverent, unsparing and, above all, funny." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)