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Book Synopsis''Precisely balanced . . . a cracking comic thriller'' The Times
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 . . .
''Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It''s lying, only for a better class of people.
They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime''s work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It''s not something you can just pick up on the job.
A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run.
At some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. It''s snowing. It''s freezing. And if Vimes can''t make it through the
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Precisely balanced . . . excellent set pieces . . . a cracking comic thriller. * The Times *
He would be amusing in any form and his spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction. * Mail on Sunday *
