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It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal -- not to mention aheadstrong handmaiden -- at the heart of his realm. No library descriptions found. |
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Foolishly I’ve missed a few. This must change. I’ve just read the inimitable “Pyramids”, a romp through the Assassin’s guild, to a suspiciously Egypt-like country, to math contemplating camels to warping of time and space. Every page made me laugh or be astonished. Every page made me miss my father, who for some unexplained reason in the 1970’s got interested in Pyramid Power and constructed pyramids to see if they would keep cheese fresh. He would have laughed heartily through this book, delighted in Pratchett’s clever footnotes and turns of phrase, quoted bits of it at the dinner table, if only he’d had the chance.
This one of the Discworld novels is so much fun. One to start with if you are uncertain if you’d like them (silly person), as it stands alone (though links).
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