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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Another crime novel with the city watch. This time, the main themes are India/immigration/imperialism and territorial war. A mysterious island appears in between Ankh Morpork and Klatch, and almost immediately the two countries are claiming the land for themselves. When a Klatch prince is wounded in Ankh Morpork, war is declared while the plot thickens almost to a solid mass of twists and turns. This is one of the longer novels in the series, and benefits from the length with some deeper characterisations, more interesting sub-plots and some wildly funny moments, particularly involving the mad futility of war and Carrot's superhuman ability to charm and pacify anyone - even two warring nations. (  )RachDan | Jul 8, 2009 |   Funny yet poignant, as always. (  )Katya0133 | Jul 6, 2009 | An hilarious satire of jingoism and war. Tends to be a bit preachy at time, but not overly so. ( )mohi | Jul 5, 2009 | Anhk-Morpork and Klatch are going to war over the mysterious island of Leshp, and the City Watch are determined to stop them. I really enjoyed this addition to the Discworld series, especially Vetinari's increased presence. (  )ZanKnits | May 6, 2009 | A number of other reviewers have mentioned this book as being not one of their favourite Discworld books. I can certainly see where they're coming from, but despite its relative mediocrity (it's still amazing, just like almost everything Pratchett writes) it's the Discworld book that I keep coming back to reread over and over again. I've probably read it at least a dozen times by now and have yet to get bored of it. And I consider a book's rereadability to be a very high selling point for it -- so kudos to Jingo! (  )Jenevieve | Apr 26, 2009 | 0.031 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 055214598X, Paperback)Terry Pratchett is a phenomenon unto himself. Never read a Discworld book? The closest comparison might be Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with its uniquely British sense of the absurd, and side-splitting, smart humor. Jingo is the 20th of Pratchett's Discworld novels, and the fourth to feature the City Guard of Ankh-Morpork. As Jingo begins, an island suddenly rises between Ankh-Morpork and Al-Khali, capital of Klatch. Both cities claim it. Lord Vetinari, the Patrician, has failed to convince the Ruling Council that force is a bad idea, despite reminding them that they have no army, and "I believe one of those is generally considered vital to the successful prosecution of a war." Samuel Vimes, Commander of the City Watch, has to find out who shot the Klatchian envoy, Prince Khufurah, and set fire to their embassy, before war breaks out.Pratchett's characters are both sympathetic and outrageously entertaining, from Captain Carrot, who always finds the best in people and puts it to work playing football, to Sergeant Colon and his sidekick, Corporal Nobbs, who have "an ability to get out of their depth on a wet pavement." Then there is the mysterious D'reg, 71-hour Ahmed. What is his part in all this, and why 71 hours? Anyone who doesn't mind laughing themselves silly at the idiocy of people in general and governments in particular will enjoy Jingo. --Nona Vero (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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