The Truth (Discworld S.)

Amazon editorial 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

also by Terry Pratchett in our collection:

• Night Watch
• Thud!
• A Tourist Guide to Lancre: A Discworld Mapp
• Where's My Cow?
• Small Gods (Discworld Novel S.)
• Lords and Ladies (Discworld Novel S.)
• Wyrd Sisters (Discworld Novel S.)
• The Colour of Magic (Discworld Novel S.)
• Reaper Man (Discworld Novel S.)
• Witches Abroad
• Guards! Guards! (Discworld Novel S.)
• The Science Of Discworld
• Moving Pictures (Discworld Novel S.)
• Sourcery (Discworld Novel S.)
• Mort (Discworld Novel S.)
• Pyramids (Discworld Novel S.)
• The Dark Side of the Sun
• Strata
• The Carpet People
• Diggers (Truckers Trilogy)
• Wings
• The Streets of Ankh Morpork
• Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
• Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch Diary
• The Discworld Fools' Guild Diary
• Johnny and the Dead
• Johnny and the Bomb
• The Discworld Mapp
• Death's Domain: A Discworld Mapp
• Eric (Discworld S.)
• Carpe Jugulum
• Only You Can Save Mankind
• The Discworld (Reformed) Vampyre's Diary (Gollancz SF S.)
• Discworld Thieves' Guild Diary 2002
• A Hat Full of Sky
• Hogfather (Discworld Novel S.)
• Feet of Clay (Discworld S.)
• Maskerade
• Interesting Times (Discworld S.)
• The Discworld Companion
• The New Discworld Companion (Gollancz SF S.)
• The Last Continent (Discworld S.)
• Jingo (Discworld S.)
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
• The Wee Free Men
• Thief of Time
• The Fifth Elephant
• Soul Music
• Going Postal (Discworld S.)
• Monstrous Regiment
• Wintersmith
• Making Money
• The Discworld Almanac for the Common Year 2005
• The Pratchett Portfolio: A Compendium of Discworld Characters (Gollancz)