Equal Rites
Book 3 of Discworld
Language: English
Administration Discworld (Imaginary place) Education & Teaching English Fantasy Fantasy - General Fantasy - Series Fantasy Fiction; English Fantasy fiction Fantasy:Humour Fathers and Daughters Fiction Fiction - Fantasy General Humorous Inheritance and Succession Magic Nonfiction Reference & Language Wizards Women's rights
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: Dec 6, 2012
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Review
"Truly original...Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than oz...Has the energy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland...Brilliant!" -- A . S. Byatt
Product Description
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.
In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...