I’m currently reading Maskerade by Terry Pratchett, I don’t think I’ll do a full review but just had to say – is this possibly the funniest Discworld book of them all? It’s truly hilarious. From the very first page:
An eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we… two… meet again?”
Thunder rolled.
A rather more ordinary voice said: “What’d you go and shout that for? You made me drop my toast in the fire.”
Nanny Ogg sat down again.
“Sorry, Esme. I was just doing it for…you know…old time’s sake…Doesn’t roll off the tongue though.”
“I’d just got it nice and brown, too.”
“Sorry.”
“Anyway, you didn’t have to shout.”
“Sorry.”
“I mean, I ain’t deaf. You could’ve just asked me in a normal voice. And I’d have said, ‘Next Wednesday.’”
The story is so entertaining and along the way he skewers opera, popular musicals, publishing, ballet… and some of the best characters are here – Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Agnes/Perdita Nitt, Death, the Death of Rats – it’s an embarrassment of riches. If you haven’t read any Pratchett this would be a great title to start with.
Did I have a life pre-blog?? It’s like a haze…
