The Truth

A Novel of Discworld

By: Terry Pratchett

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Paperback | 29 July 2014

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Ankh-Morpork gets its first newspaper, unleashing a war of words and a battle for the truth in this funny, wise, and prescient novel in Sir Terry Pratchetts internationally bestselling Discworld series.

Pratchetts witty reach is even longer than usual here, from Pulp Fiction to His Girl Friday. Readers whove never visited Discworld before may find themselves laughing out loud.Publishers Weekly

The Discworld has seen just about everything. Then comes the Ankh-Morpork Times, its first paper of record, edited by struggling scribe William de Worde, and staffed by a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.

Reporting the news is a risky business. An ethical journalist, de Worde has a nasty habit of investigating stories that quickly creates powerful enemies eager to stop his presses. And what better way than to start the Inquirer, a titillating tabloid that conveniently interchanges whats real for what sells.

When de Worde gets a tip on a hot story concerning Ankh-Morporks leading patrician, Lord Vetinari, all hell breaks loose, leaving the city without a leader. The facts say Lord Vetinari is guilty. But as William de Worde learns, facts dont always tell the whole story. Theres that pesky little thing called . . . the truth.

Industry Reviews

"Other writers are mining the rich seam of comic fantasy that Pratchett first unearthed, but what keeps Pratchett on top is - quite literally - the way he tells them." - "The Times"

""The Truth" is an unmitigated delight and very, very funny...The pace is compelling but he never lets his tale descend into simple farce." - "The Times"

"[Discworld] has the energy of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and the inventiveness of "Alice in Wonderland"...[Terry Pratchett] has an intelligent wit and a truly original grim and comic grasp of the nature of things." - A.S. Byatt, "Sunday Times"

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