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The Truth | 
 enlarge | Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Corgi Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 3283
Media: Paperback
Pages: 443
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0552147680
EAN: 9780552147682
ASIN: 0552147680
Publication Date: November 1, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Truth is Terry Pratchett's 25th novel about Discworld in general and the dirt-encrusted metropolis of Ankh-Morpork in particular--home of the sinister Patrician, the Unseen University of magicians and guilds for everything from Assassins to Thieves, taking in Clowns (but not mimes) along the way. Ankh-Morpork has weathered several influxes of technology in its time--a demon-inspired invention of the movies, the brief fad for Music with Rocks in it--and now it has acquired a free press, dedicated newshounds, dwarf printers with not especially nasty tempers (for dwarves), and people who want to see their amusing vegetables in the "On a Lighter Note" section. The business of politics (attempts by the old aristocracy to unseat the Patrician) is ratcheted up a notch and Vimes, of the City Watch, is in a worse temper than usual. William de Worde, editor, reporter and investigator, is another attractive Pratchett hero, captured for us in the middle of wonderfully parodied routines from old movies and fiction that he, in his world, is doing for the first time. This is inventive farce with touches of high seriousness and ethical good sense, and two of the nastiest doomed hitmen outside Tarantino. --Roz Kaveney
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 This book changed my life! December 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a title eh? I bet it caught your attention. The book certainly caught mine! While the title may claim too much it most certainly is The Truth. Before I read this I was stuck reading books written by lesser authors with much less imagination and I was beginning to stop reading altogether.
My gran picked this up for me at my local library. I was a kid at the time I suppose or at least smaller than I am now. I was hesitant at first but after the first page I couldn't put it down. The gags came thick and fast and through it all was written something much better than anything I had read up to that point. I'd like to think there was a message in the book because after reading it I felt as if I had found one and I'd hate to think I was wrong lol...
The plot is amazing and although it may not be original it certainly feels as if it is. The characters were wonderful, I was taken in not by William who you have to assume is the main character but by the depth of character and life given to every single character in the book from the man with the funny vegetables to the greatest character ever written - in my opinion - Sam Vimes. I hadn't read any other Discworld before this point so I assumed that Vimes was created solely for this book. How wrong I was...
If you can't get into Pratchett's amazing series of books by reading Colour of Magic then read this. I guarantee you'll feel the same way as I did and you'll end up going back and reading Colour of Magic and every other published Discworld novel you can get your hands on.
Believe the hype because Discworld is in my mind and obviously in the minds of millions of readers the best Fantasy/Sci-Fi series in existence. You'll find the occasional part of some of the novels boring or unnessary but after reading through those couple of pages you'll find once again that you've been sucked back in. Those occasional gaps in the action are merely there to give your brain a break and your lungs a rest ;)
Plot: 4
Characters: 5
Depth: 5
Overall: 5
The Truth will set you free... May 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The 25th Discworld novel (my, how time flies!)manages to be both a successful celebration of the past while adding some new spins on old formulas. It's another novel built around the introduction of a new 'real world' process to Ankh-Morpork, and having previously had guns, the cinema and rock music it's now the turn of the printing press, as the Discworld gets it's first newspaper. Added to this is yet another conspiracy to oust Lord Vetenari, though having previously failed to assasinate the him the twist this time is that it's an attempted character assasination, with the Patrician being framed for an attempted murder. Ordinarily this would lead to Sam Vimes cracking the mystery but in a refreshing change the Watch are pushed to one side as Pratchett concentrates on newspaper editor William de Worde, while the evil pair of Mr Pin and Mr Tulip make memorable foes.
A good interesting plot, plenty of humourous moments and some vivid new characters make 'The Truth' one of the better Discworld novels, and a worthy milestone in the series.
The Truth review. April 23, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Truth is another captivating read by Terry Prattchet.In The Truth William De Worde has set up the Disc's first newspaper, but to keep it running he must battle through rival pubilcations,the Patrician,his suicidal vampire photographer Otto,gangsters,and photos of humerously shaped potatos.If you like reading sci-fi,fantasy or simply reading a newspaper then read The Truth
Absolutely completely and utterly hilarious buy it! May 31, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is honestly the funniest book that i have ever read, head and shoulders above any other comedy books i have read (except posssibly bored of the rings) This book is brilliant but unfortunately so much better than the rest of terry pratchets books possibly because its fairly new so his writing may have developed and also because of the original characters.
 he ruth January 26, 2005
5 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book is the 25th Discworld novel. It is a good reed. William de Word is the accidental editor of the Discworlds first newspaper. Now he must cope with jernalists life - people how want him dead, a recovering vampire with a a suicidal fasination for flash photography, some more people who want him deead in a difrent wayand, worst of all, the man who keeps beggingf himto publish pictures of his humourously shaped potatoes.
William just wants to get at
THE TRUTH
Unfortunately, everyone els wants to get William. ANd it's only the third edition.
A must reed for all adults young and old
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