Monstrous Regiment: A Novel of Discworld [Discworld, 31] Terry Pratchett

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ISBN
9780062307415
Book Title
Monstrous Regiment : a Novel of Discworld
Book Series
Discworld Ser.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
7.5 in
Publication Year
2014
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Terry Pratchett
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Fantasy / General, War & Military, Fantasy / Humorous, Absurdist, Fantasy / Action & Adventure
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Width
4.2 in
Number of Pages
464 Pages
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006230741X
ISBN-13
9780062307415
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038255516

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Book Title
Monstrous Regiment : a Novel of Discworld
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / General, War & Military, Fantasy / Humorous, Absurdist, Fantasy / Action & Adventure
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Author
Terry Pratchett
Book Series
Discworld Ser.
Format
Mass Market

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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
4.2 in

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"Mate gender politics with geopolitics and you get either a PC nightmare or something very funny. Fortunately, in MONSTROUS REGIMENT it's the latter. Pratchett takes full and unfairly hilarious advantage of the opportunity to skewer everything from miliary court martials to male swagger." -- Washington Post Book World "As ever, Pratchett revels in pricking pomp and assurance, but it isn't going too far to say that of late his real subject, like Wilfred Owen's, is the pity of war. . . he can move from farce to sadness in seconds . . . MONSTROUS REGIMENT is most often spirited and shambolic, but it has some serious heft. Pratchett is on the side of those who make very little fuss, which means he gets to shiv those who do." -- New York Times Book Review "Surprisingly meaningful but never short of hilarious: a monstrous success for Pratchett." -- Kirkus Reviews "Hilarious . . . wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Extraordinarily amusing . . . Pratchet has outdone himself with MONSTROUS REGIMENT--a feat that might be hard to imagine after so many books. It is fresh, witty as ever, and brings a whole new look to Ankh Morpork." -- Bookreporter.com, "Mate gender politics with geopolitics and you get either a PC nightmare or something very funny. Fortunately, in MONSTROUS REGIMENT it's the latter. Pratchett takes full and unfairly hilarious advantage of the opportunity to skewer everything from miliary court martials to male swagger." -- Washington Post Book World "As ever, Pratchett revels in pricking pomp and assurance, but it isn't going too far to say that of late his real subject, like Wilfred Owen's, is the pity of war. . . he can move from farce to sadness in seconds . . . MONSTROUS REGIMENT is most often spirited and shambolic, but it has some serious heft. Pratchett is on the side of those who make very little fuss, which means he gets to shiv those who do." -- New York Times Book Review "Hilarious . . . wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Surprisingly meaningful but never short of hilarious: a monstrous success for Pratchett." -- Kirkus Reviews "Extraordinarily amusing . . . Pratchet has outdone himself with MONSTROUS REGIMENT--a feat that might be hard to imagine after so many books. It is fresh, witty as ever, and brings a whole new look to Ankh Morpork." -- Bookreporter.com
Series Volume Number
31
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
"Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett explores the inanity of war, sexual politics, and why the best man for the job is often a woman in this acerbically funny and poignant Discworld novel. In the small country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. Women belong in the kitchen--not in offices, pubs, nor pants. And certainly not on the front lines when war comes to Discworld. Polly Perks took over running her family's humble inn when her brother, Paul, marched off to war. But it's been more than two months since his last letter home, and the news from the front is bad. To find her missing brother, the resourceful Polly cuts off her hair and joins the army as a young man named Oliver. As Polly closely guards her secret, she notices that her fellow recruits seem to be guarding secrets of their own. And before they've learned to properly march, Polly and her fellow raw recruits find themselves in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. No matter, it's time to make a stand. . . . The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone., "Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett explores the inanity of war, sexual politics, and why the best man for the job is often a woman in this acerbically funny and poignant Discworld novel. In the small country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. Women belong in the kitchen--not in offices, pubs, nor pants. And certainly not on the front lines when war comes to Discworld. Polly Perks took over running her family's humble inn when her brother, Paul, marched off to war. But it's been more than two months since his last letter home, and the news from the front is bad. To find her missing brother, the resourceful Polly cuts off her hair and joins the army as a young man named Oliver. As Polly closely guards her secret, she notices that her fellow recruits seem to be guarding secrets of their own. And before they've learned to properly march, Polly and her fellow raw recruits find themselves in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. No matter, it's time to make a stand. . . . The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone., War rages on--with one unconventional soldier--in Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld(R) series War has come to Discworld . . . again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly is willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and--aided by a well-placed pair of socks--sets out to join the army. Since a nation in such dire need of cannon fodder cannot afford to be too picky, Polly is eagerly welcomed into the fighting fold, along with a vampire, a troll, an Igor, a religious fanatic, and two uncommonly close "friends." It would appear that Polly "Ozzer" Perks isn't the only grunt with a secret. But duty calls, the battlefield beckons, and now is the time for all good, er . . . "men," to come to the aid of their country.

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