Snuff: Discworld Novel 39
Terry Pratchett
Snuff: Discworld Novel 39
The new Discworld novel from the master sees Sam Vimes investigating a countryhouse murder, and is Terry Pratchett's fiftieth book.
3.8 out of 5 based on 6 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
General Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Format |
Hardcover |
| Pages |
384 |
| RRP |
£18.99 |
| Date of Publication |
October 2011 |
| ISBN |
978-0385619264 |
| Publisher |
Doubleday |
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The new Discworld novel from the master sees Sam Vimes investigating a countryhouse murder, and is Terry Pratchett's fiftieth book.
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Reviews
The Guardian
AS Byatt
“He is a master of complex jokes, good bad jokes, good dreadful jokes and a kind of insidious wisdom about human nature (and other forms of alien nature). I think his mad footnotes are there because he can't stop his mind whirring, and our whirring minds go with him. I read his books at a gallop and then reread them every time I am ill or exhausted.”
21/10/2011
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The Washington Post
Kerry Fried
““Snuff” daringly links the demonization of goblins to two of the worst crimes in human history: slavery and the Holocaust. Some might be offended, but Pratchett doesn’t make such connections lightly. His first Discworld book may have been a frolic, but his magic has long since been set in strong moral mortar.”
01/10/2011
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The Evening Standard
Francis Spufford
“The incidental pleasures are as magnificent as ever, and there is no sign at all of the threatened arrival of Mr Pratchett's private version of the Chicxulub impactor. On the contrary, the species of his imagination continue to multiply. But it might be time to give Commander Vimes a genuine holiday.”
20/10/2011
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The Sunday Times
Alison Flood
“As effortlessly, generously funny as only Pratchett can be, Snuff doesn’t stint on laying bare the darker side of life either. A worthy addition to the Discworld canon.”
13/11/2011
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The Independent
Penelope Lively
“Pratchett has been rightly praised for comic invention and whimsy; he does not always get enough credit for the psychological comedy of embarrassment which makes us blush with self-recognition at the same moment in which we laugh. The difference between him and his many imitators is that, at his best, there is nothing comfortable about his comedy.”
28/10/2011
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The Daily Express
Mark Lawerence
“The main weakness in Snuff is that its hero is so familiar to us that the story lacks tension. We know Commander Vimes will come through … However, Snuff is entertaining, with all Pratchett’s genius on display. He still makes you care about his creations and, amid all the funnies, he can turn on the pathos.”
16/10/2011
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