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Carpe Jugulum.
by Pratchett, Terry.:
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385409923
- ISBN 13
- 9780385409926
- Seller
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Lymm, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Doubleday, 1998.. 1st edition. A Discworld novel. Fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper.
Synopsis
It is rare and splendid event when an author is elevated from the underground into the international literary establishment. In the case of England's best-known and best-loved modern satirist, that event has been long overdue.Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent Discworld novels satirize and celebrate every aspect of life, modern and ancient, sacred and profane. Consistent number-one bestsellers in England, they have garnered him a secure position in the pantheon of humor along with Mark Twain, Douglas Adams, Matt Groening, and Jonathan Swift.Even so distinguished an author as A. S. Byatt has sung his praises, calling Pratchett's intricate and delightful fictional Discworld "more complicated and satisfying than Oz."His latest satiric triumph, Carpe Jugulum, involves an exclusive royal snafu that leads to comic mayhem. In a fit of enlightenment democracy and ebullient goodwill, King Verence invites Uberwald's undead, the Magpyrs, into Lancre to celebrate the birth of his daughter. But once ensconced within the castle, these wine-drinking, garlic-eating, sun-loving modern vampires have no intention of leaving. Ever.Only an uneasy alliance between a nervous young priest and the argumentative local witches can save the country from being taken over by people with a cultivated bloodlust and bad taste in silk waistcoats. For them, there's only one way to fight.Go for the throat, or as the vampyres themselves say...Carpe Jugulum
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- Bookseller
- Jef Kay
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 603
- Title
- Carpe Jugulum.
- Author
- Pratchett, Terry.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385409923
- ISBN 13
- 9780385409926
- Publisher
- London, Doubleday, 1998.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Discworld novels. Fantasy fiction. Science fiction. 0385409923.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens books;
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Jef Kay
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About the Seller
Jef Kay
Biblio member since 2009
Lymm, Cheshire
About Jef Kay
We sell collectable books of all kinds and subjects at bookfairs in the North West and on the internet. We deal mostly in children's books and annuals, and fiction in first editions. Our specialities include Space travel, Rupert books and novels by Alexander Kent. We also stock the full range of Dan Dare facsimiles published by Titan Books. We deal from home, where we now have a bookroom in whichbooks may be viewed by arrangement.
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