Susan Hated Literature

A Discworld novel
Author: Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 0552152676
DDC: 823.914
See also: LibraryThing ; Lspace wiki ; Grumpy Old Bookman ; One More Chapter

Thud…
That was the sound the heavy club made as it connected with the head. The body jerked, and slumped back.
And it was done, unheard, unseen: the perfect end, a perfect solution, a perfect story.
But, as the dwarfs say, where there is trouble you will always find a troll.
The troll saw.

Relations between dwarfs and trolls have never been all that great, but, with the death of an influential dwarf community leader it seems that things are beginning to escalate. Koom Valley may have been a battle a long time ago, but if Commander Vimes doesn’t manage to figure out who killed Grag Hamcrusher then it may just be re-enacted on the streets of Ankh-Morpork.

Vimes and the Watch have always been my favourite Discworld books, and this is a great addition to the series. You have all the usual humour, footnotes and all. But you also have the deeper meanings and social commentary that you can chose to ignore if you want.

What is really fantastic about the Discworld books however is the characters, and here Vimes is at his cynical weary best, although also concerned with ensuring he is home every day at 6 o’clock exactly, in order to read his son Where’s my cow?. All the usual Watch members are back, as well as some new recruits, notably Sally the new vampire on the force.

If I didn’t have a huge stack of books that I want to get through I’d've flicked back to the first page and started reading this all over again. Great book

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This show was on C4 last night. Its all about an IVF treatment gone wrong, as the embryo of one couple is implanted into a different mother, resulting in a black baby being born to white parents.

In telling the story actors were used for the two sets of parents, but actual professionals (dr.s, judges etc) were used to give their real judgements. “I loved the fact that all our professionals are so gloriously uncharismatic! It was wonderful, that they were so dull!”.

But overall it turned out to be more about race issues than actual parent-issues. The decision the judge makes in the end is based on the fact that the baby is black, and not on anything else. And there was me thinking colour isn’t supposed to matter any more?

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