Jingo

(Discworld Novel 21)

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy

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'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.'

When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed. Of course, no-one would dream of starting a war without a perfectly good reason...such as a 'strategic' piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere.

It is after all every citizen's right to bear arms to defend their own. Even if it isn't technically their own. And even if they don't have much in the way of actual weaponry. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him... and that's just the people on his side. The enemy might be even worse.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series.

'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld' Sunday Telegraph

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Critic reviews

'Pratchett's writing is a constant delight. No one mixes the fantastical and the mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of human endeavour'

'Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld'

'Vintage Pratchett... Perennially funny...A sharp satire on the futility of war'

'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone... He satisfies the need for fast-moving breathtaking plots with entirely satisfying endings, and the equally primitive desire for an alternative world, full of thrills but benign, into which one can step for pleasure and enlivenment'

'Both his inventiveness and his moral shrewdness seem inexhaustible'

Narration was really dead

Compared to other narrations of Pratchett’s work, this was really lacking. In fact, it was barely recognizable as a Pratchett book.

Great reinterpretation

Took me a minute to get used to a new voice. But I was sold by the end of it laughed out loud, a bunch of times one of the most important things about a great work of fiction is its ability to stand up to re-interpretation.

Absolutely love the individual voices of the characters as they come to life

As said in the title, the characters come alive in these books. This appears to be for the entire NightWatch series. Hoping its the same for all.

War… war never changes

Terry Pratchett once again imitates life and makes his poignant observations while simultaneously making one laugh. A thoroughly enjoyable listen/read.

Amazingly summarizing the nature of history and war and patriotism and the stupidity of crowd behavior

Very well read with convincing voices. Intriguing, funny and enlightening. I enjoyed every minute of it.