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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407035086
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
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Jingo

(Discworld Novel 21)




The twenty-first Discworld novel and fourth in the City Watch series - revamped with a fresh bold look targeting a new generation of fantasy fans.

'IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO BLAME IT ON THEM. IT WAS BLEAKLY DEPRESSING TO THINK THAT THEY WERE US.'

War is brewing on the Discworld.

An island has appeared from the ocean depths, right in the middle of the sea which separates the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork. Of course, no one would dream of starting a war with the neighbours without a perfectly good reason . . . such as a 'strategic' piece of old rock, for instance.

But when a Klatchian Prince is almost assassinated, peace talks break down and violent nationalism begins to spread. Ankh-Morpork prepares to fight. Only thing is, they don't have an army. Or much in the way of weapons.

Commander Sam Vimes and the 'officially disbanded' City Watch get caught up in a deadly political game where the enemy appears to be on both sides and no one will listen to reason.

And if they don't stop this absurd war, no one will . . .

'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld' Sunday Telegraph

Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407035086
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
Categories:

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About the author

Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

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Praise for Jingo

'Both his inventiveness and his moral shrewdness seem inexhaustible'

Daily Mail

'Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No one mixes the fantastical and the mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavour'

Daily Mail

'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld'

Sunday Telegraph

'Vintage Pratchett... Perennially funny...A sharp satire on the futility of war'

Metro

'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone... He satisfies the need for fast-moving breathtaking plots with entirely satisfying endings, and the equally primitive desire for an alternative world, full of thrills but benign, into which one can step for pleasure and enlivenment'

Daily Express