Hogfather
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0753107597 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 570 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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(You know him: red robe, white beard, says, "Ho, ho, ho!") Their evil plot will destroy the Discworld unless someone covers for him. He gives children whatever they wish for and appears in person at Crumley's in The Maul. But as this is the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. --Nona Vero. So someone does. What could more genuinely embody the spirit of Christmas (or Hogswatch, on the Discworld) than a Terry Pratchett book about the holiday season? Every secular Christmas tradition is included. Fans will welcome back Susan, Death of Rats (the Grim Squeaker), Albert, and the wizardly faculty of Unseen University, and revel in new personalities like Bilious, the "oh god of Hangovers." But you needn't have read Pratchett before to laugh uproariously and think seriously about the meanings of Chris
ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH. AND IT'S TOO QUIET.Where is the big jolly fat man? Why is Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho? The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darkerSusan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't be a morning. Ever againThe 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).As they say: You'd better watch outFrom the Paperback edition.
J. Edgar Mihelic, MBA said An unqualified recommendation. The last few weeks, my reading has been monopolized by the mind of Terry Pratchett. I have been sucked into the Discworld, and I am just fine with that. I sought out experts on which order to read the books, since there is no one straight linear way to read the books.I read the entire sequence cent. The essential Yule-reading for Terry Pratchett fans This is a Death series book, and it would be helpful to have read some of the earlier ones, such as Mort, in order to understand what is going on in this one. This is not the best Discworld book to start with, but for fans, it's a big sack of Christmas presents with familiar characters, good observ. E. Walton said Hogfather is a perfect example of the multiple layers in a Pratchett novel. It's so hard to describe Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels to non-fans. On the surface they're parodic fantasy novels, with clever wordplay and skewering of beloved tropes by an author who clearly loves the genre he's satirizing. But there's so much more going on beneath the surface: literary refe