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Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography
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Start date
June 8, 2023
Finish date
June 15, 2023
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Preston Postle
Jun 28, 2023 rated it really liked it
An illuminating and heartbreaking inside look at the Man in the Hat. The details of Pratchett's slow decline due to a rare form of Alzheimer's seem carefully chosen to maintain his dignity, but the process was shocking even as presented. For a writer who went WELL out of his way to maintain relations with his fans, he comes across as a bit of a grouch and unwilling to suffer fools, so all in all this feels pretty well balanced. One of Sir Pterry's characters said, "Do you not know that a man is ...more
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