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The Truth (Discworld S.) - Terry Pratchett

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Manufacturer : Corgi Adult
Release date : 21 April 2008
ISBN-10 : 0552147680 | ISBN-13 : 9780552147682
Fantasy (6), Discworld (4), Fiction (3), Comedy (2), 2000 (2), 2000s (1), Comic Fantasy (1), 21st Century (1), City Watch (1), [Fantasy] (1), British (1), Humour (1), Series (1), Paperback (1), Novel (1)

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William just wants to get at the truth. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it’s only the third edition. William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld’s first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist’s life – people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with ... (more)


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A —ing good read!

Posted : 3 years, 5 months ago at Jun 16 5:48
The twenty-fifth Discworld novel tells the story of the first (and second) Ankh-Morpork newspaper(s). As the youngest son of a well-to-do family, William was destined to a cleric, or a land manager, or maybe a soldier career. But in fact he's always liked reading and writing, and having moved to Ankh-Morpork he's trying to make words his living. Therefore for some time now, and five dollars, he has been writing a monthly news-letter to some select members of the nobility in several corners of the Discworld, in close collaboration with the Guild of Engravers... until one day, when he finds himself knocked down by the dwarf Goodmountain carrying a huge engine: a press. And so the Ankh-Morpork Times was born. Being able to have many copies much quicker, and to sell them to much more peo...Read more

Rating : 9/10