And Then I Read: HOGFATHER by Terry Pratchett

The theme of this book in the Death sub-series of Pratchett’s vast Discworld opus revolves around the Hogfather, Discworld’s version of Santa Claus, as seen above, who has gone missing. This causes all kinds of chaos as the holiday of Hogswatch approaches, when the Hogfather is believed to visit children everywhere to leave gifts. Death decides to try filling in for the missing deity with all kinds of amusing results. His granddaughter Susan is also drawn into the madness, as are the wizards of Unseen University. The disappearance of the Hogfather is engineered by a mysterious group called The Auditors, who hire a ruthless assassin, Mr. Teatime. His gang of criminals invade the world of the Tooth Fairy, a similar deity, as a way to gain control of the minds of the world’s children, forcing them to stop believing in Hogfather. There are lots more complications in this eventful and often funny book, one of Pratchett’s best in my opinion, as he spins the logical contradictions of the situations and characters in creative ways. Recommended.

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

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