Book description
'Neighbours... hah. People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at
one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial
thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed
from their ear.'
Throughout history, there's always been a perfectly good reason to
start a war. Never more so if it is over a 'strategic' piece of old
rock in the middle of nowhere. It is after all every citizen's right
to bear arms to defend what they consider to be their own. Even if it
isn't. And in such pressing circumstances, you really shouldn't let
small details like the absence of an army or indeed the money to
finance one get in the way of a righteous fight with all the attendant
benefits of out-and-out nationalism...
Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global
bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of
Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty
bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and
screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the
Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to
literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and
they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.
www. terrypratchett. co. uk
