Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld
by Pratchett, Terry
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0304364258
- ISBN 13
- 9780304364251
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London: Gollancz & W H Smith, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. WH Smith Promotional copy. Thus. A very clean copy with some minor light bruising to the top leading corners. The 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 . . . They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not half so bad as a lot of ignorance. The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check that the baby in question was a son. Everybody knows that there's no such thing as a female wizard. But now it's gone and happened, there's nothing much anyone can do about it. Let the battle of the sexes begin . . .
Synopsis
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...
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- The Secret Bookshop (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037006
- Title
- Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld
- Author
- Pratchett, Terry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0304364258
- ISBN 13
- 9780304364251
- Publisher
- Gollancz & W H Smith
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 200
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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