false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg 34498 23 <I>The Truth</I>, Pratchett's 25th Discworld novel, skewers the newspaper business. When printing comes to Ankh-Morpork, it "drag(s) the city kicking and screaming into the Century of the Fruitbat." Well, actually, out of the Century of the Fruitbat. As the Bursar remarks, if the era's almost over, it's high time they embraced its challenges.<p> William de Worde, well-meaning younger son of reactionary nobility, has been providing a monthly newsletter to the elite using engraving. Then he is struck (and seriously bruised) by the power of the press. The dwarves responsible convince William to expand his letter and the <I>Ankh-Morpork Times</I> is born. Soon William has a staff, including Sacharissa Cripslock, a genteel young lady with a knack for headline writing, and photographer Otto Chriek. Otto's vampirism causes difficulties: flash pictures cause him to crumble to dust and need reconstitution, and he must battle his desire for blood, particularly Sacharissa's. When Lord Vetinari is accused of attempted murder, the City Watch investigates the peculiar circumstances, but William wants to know what <I>really</I> happened. The odds for his survival drop as his questions multiply.<p> <I>The Truth</I> is satirical, British, and full of sly jokes. Although this cake doesn't rise quite as high as it did in previous volumes, even ordinary Pratchett is pretty darn good, and those who haven't read a Discworld novel before can start here and go on to that incredible backlist. <I>--Nona Vero</I> 280092 book 2000 The Truth (Discworld, #25) total:4259|5:1546|4:1778|3:833|2:90|1:12| 4259 17533 5375 134 34498 0413771164 9780413771162 3642 104 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34498.The_Truth 3 2 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 09:00:19 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:11:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 34498 0413771164 9780413771162 3642 104 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34498.The_Truth 5 1 false Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 10:12:55 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 07:06:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 34498 0413771164 9780413771162 3642 104 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34498.The_Truth 5 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 16:59:52 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 17:10:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 567670 0380818191 9780380818198 288 16 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175871726m/567670.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/567670.The_Truth 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 04:30:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 05:10:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 34498 0413771164 9780413771162 3642 104 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34498.The_Truth 0 1 false Sat Jan 05 10:47:44 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 10:47:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 34498 0413771164 9780413771162 3642 104 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34498.The_Truth 5 0 false Sat Jan 31 08:55:37 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:32:51 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 08:55:37 -0800 2009 Feet of Clay and Wee Free Men (the latter published as a children's/YA book), and have seen the video of Hogfather. These gav...more...]]> 34498 0413771164 9780413771162 3642 104 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168566156m/34498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34498.The_Truth 5 1 false Sat Jan 26 00:19:10 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 00:22:37 -0800 2008 325380 0385601026 9780385601023 47 4 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173762634m/325380.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/325380.The_Truth 5 0 false Sun Sep 27 19:46:54 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:52:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 288680 0552147680 9780552147682 101 2 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173444459m/288680.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/288680.The_Truth 4 0 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:19:39 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:12:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 288680 0552147680 9780552147682 101 2 4.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173444459m/288680.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/288680.The_Truth 4 0 false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 03:02:31 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 06:44:52 -0700 2009
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