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Solomon had sighed theatrically, as if he had been put upon by the question, and then smiled and said, “Mmm, God said to me, ‘I understand, Solomon; let me know when you change your mind.” Dodger was okay. His character was really rather boring. And do I need or want boring characters? I think not. In Dec. of 2007, Pratchett disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. On 18 Feb, 2009, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. While this had all the hallmarks of a Prachett novel with plenty of turn of wonderful phrases, it felt more educational than humorous. In 2008, Harper Children's published Terry's standalone non-Discworld YA novel, Nation. Terry published Snuff in October 2011.

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Affably Evil: Mrs. Holland, who's Nanny Ogg if she ran a brothel with a side business in shanghaiing people. First off, this must be said, it didn't feel like a Terry Pratchett book. At all. No zany magic that makes no sense (which was fine). None of his trademark humor (which was not). No likable characters. Just a mystery novel that didn't even feel like a mystery. Boo. Obviously that's not a bad thing, but I did miss the numerous footnotes that you associate with his novels. But then he thought about it more seriously. “I wish I had started writing for a living earlier,” he said eventually. “I could probably have started to write full time about 10 years before I did.”Through their activities (and from the recovered Simplicity herself), Charlie and Dodger learn that the girl had secretly married a prince of one of the German states and thereby become an obstacle to a planned political marriage. Her husband had then done nothing against his family's decision to destroy all evidence of the unsanctioned marriage, including Simplicity herself – the vicar and two witnesses to the wedding have already been killed. Un largo bloqueo lector y un seguido de problemas personales han hecho que tardara un mes en leerlo, pero, ahora que lo he terminado, me da muchísima pena separarme de esta historia. Ha sido toda una aventura victoriana llena de valores y que demuestra que, incluso en el mayor ambiente de miseria, podredumbre y desesperación, existe gente buena en el mundo. A couple weeks ago, I was having a real pisser of a day. Then I remembered there was a new Terry Pratchett book out and things didn't seem so bad anymore.

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Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close If you love Terry Pratchett novels you will love this, if you haven't read any off Terry's works before and want to start, you can't go wrong here. Appearances are also made by a youthful “Ben” Disraeli, an up-and-coming young politician and friend of Mister Charlie. He is introduced as a member of parliament and is to play a supporting role in Dodger’s scheme to fake Simplicity’s death.. Joseph Bazalgette is there too, as a civil engineer who is interested in the sewers. I had wondered about the goddess of the sewers, “Cloacina”, and her rat attendants, only to discover that there really was an ancient belief in a deity who was said to preside over the Cloaca Maxima (“Greatest Drain”), the main interceptor discharge outfall of the system of sewers in Ancient Rome! Meaningful Rename: Simplicity's name is ironic, since as she tells Dodger, she's not very simple. By the end she's calling herself Serendipity, which is more so. In Victorian times, if a woman were treated cruelly by her husband, what were her options? How have attitudes about domestic violence changed over the past two centuries?

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Life on the streets of Victorian London could be harsh, violent, and dangerous, and Dodger doesn't pretend otherwise. But when violence occurs in the novel, it's not presented with much graphic detail. A young woman is kidnapped and beaten, Dodger exacts physical vengeance on those who would do her harm, and there's a showdown in the sewers. Dodger also has a close shave from a razor wielded by a certain barber of Fleet Street.