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Mort - Playtext

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The play script adaptation of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first book in the Death series, part of the Discworld novels.''Incredibly funny, compulsively readable'' The Times‘A masterful blend of wit, satire, and philosophy’ 5-star reader reivew''You cannot interfere with fate. Who are you to judge who should live and who should die?''Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity.Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he''ll need to hire some help.It''s an offer Mort can''t refuse. As Death''s apprentice he''ll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn''t compulsory.It''s a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death''s daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life . . .Mort is the first book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.Praise for the Discworld series:''[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'' Mail on Sunday‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian''One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest'' George R.R. Martin''One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable'' The Times‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'' The Sunday Telegraph‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune''Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns'' SFX‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There''s never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Book Details
EAN:
9780552144292
Binding:
Paperback
Dimensions(mm):
199 x 128 x 16 mm
Publication Date:
1996-05-02
Publication Country:
GB