Terry Pratchett is Britain's fastest selling author.Over 7 million copies of the blacklist sold in Corgi paperback.Over 100,000 copies of the Gollancz hardback sold.Over 300,000 copies of the No.1 bestseller Maskerade sold.Pratchett is finally receiving the critical attention he deserves.'I'm addicted to Terry Pratchett' A.S. Byatt'Our best comic novelist' New Scientist
IT'S THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH. AND IT'S TOO QUIET.
Where is the big jolly fat man? Why is Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho? The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...
Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't be a morning. Ever again...
The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).
As they say: 'You'd better watch out...'
Has the energy of
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of
Alice in Wonderland...It has also an intelligent wit and a truly original grim and comic grasp of the nature of things
