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Imprint: Transworld Digital
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Published: 04/01/2007
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ISBN: 9781407032771
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Length: 556 Minutes
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RRP: £10.00
'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you.'
Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse - and indeed treasury - is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acquired qualification from the Guild of Assassins where running a kingdom and basic financial acumen were not prerequisites for course entry...
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Imprint: Transworld Digital
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Published: 04/01/2007
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ISBN: 9781407032771
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Length: 556 Minutes
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RRP: £10.00
Reviews
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"'Like Dickens, much of Pratchett's appeal lies in his humanism, both in a sentimental regard for his characters' good fortune, and in that his writing is generous-spirited and inclusive'"
Guardian
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"'As funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh'"
Independent
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"'Imagine a collision between Jonathan Swift at his most scatologically-minded and J.R.R. Tolkien on speed'"
Daily Telegraph
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"'The best kind of parody - funny and smart and still a good story'"
Mail on Sunday
