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The Fifth Elephant

Terry Pratchett

From Shelf: The Big Read Top 200 Novels in the UK (2003)

The Fifth Elephant is Terry Pratchett's latest instalment in the Discworld cycle, this time starring dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue and big lumps of fat.

Fifth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch'Precisely balanced . . . a cracking comic thriller' The TimesThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It's lying, only for a better class of people. They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job. A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run. At some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. It's snowing. It's freezing. And if Vimes can't make it through the forest, with only his wits and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask), there's going to be a terrible war. There are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
464
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN:
9780552146166
Published Date:
1/11/2000
Dimensions:
178mm x 110mm x 28mm
Weight:
245g
Category:
Fantasy

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ISBN: 9780552146166

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