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Title details for Snuff by Terry Pratchett - Available

Snuff

#39 in series

by Terry Pratchett
Stephen Briggs
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For more than three decades, Terry Pratchett has been enthralling millions of fans worldwide with his irreverent, wonderfully funny satires set in the fabulously imaginative Discworld, a universe remarkably similar to our own. From sports to religion, politics to education, science to capitalism, and everything in between, Pratchett has skewered sacred cows with both laughter and deep wisdom, and exposed our warts, foibles, and eccentricites in a unique, entertaining, and ultimately serious way. In this thirty-eighth entry to his esteemed Discoworld canon, the beloved Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is taking a vacation. But this is Discworld, where nothing goes as planned—and hilarious adventure ensues.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Discworld

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 12, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792781462
      • File size: 331290 KB
      • Duration: 11:30:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from August 15, 2011
      Pratchett’s 39th Discworld novel (after 2010’s I Shall Wear Midnight) brings back fan favorite Sam Vimes, the cynical yet extraordinarily honorable Ankh-Morpork City Watch commander also known (if unenthusiastically) as His Grace Sir Samuel, the Duke of Ankh. Vimes faces an onerous task: two weeks off in the country at his wife’s family estate. It’s not the thought of spending time with his beloved Sybil or precocious six-year-old Young Sam that bothers him; it’s just that a copper can’t stop being a copper. Fortunately, even in this conservative hamlet, there’s plenty of skullduggery to investigate, beginning with the brutal murder of a goblin girl. With the help of untried local constable Feeney Upshot and gentleman’s gentleman Willikens, Vimes takes on a fiendish murderer as well as the case for (in)human rights and social justice in this lively outing, complete with sly shout-outs to Jane Austen and gritty police procedurals.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Stephen Briggs has a long history with the Discworld series, having narrated Sam Vimes through many adventures. Here Vimes is on a forced vacation. No matter where he is, however, he's a "copper" who finds crimes to solve. Some familiarity with the series will be useful and, more importantly, will add to the fun. Briggs's sardonic delivery augments the dry humor and the wordplay that is one of Prachett's trademarks. Briggs's versatility is called upon as Vimes's vacation brings him to the country estate of his wife's family, where they hobnob with country society's elite and powerful. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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