Carpe Jugulum

(U.K.)

    “What makes Terry Pratchett’s fantasies so entertaining is that
their humor depends on the characters first, on the plot second,
rather than the other way around. The story isn’t there simply
to lead from one slapstick pratfall to another pun.
Its humour is genuine and unforced.”
    Ottawa Citizen

    “Terry Pratchett ought to be locked in a padded cell. And
forced to write a book a month.”
    Barbara Michaels
    “Terry Pratchett is more than a magician. He is the kindest,
most fascinating teacher you ever had.”
    Harlan Ellison

    “It is his unexpected insights into human morality that make
the Discworld series stand out.”
    Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)

    “Quite probably the funniest living author, bar nobody.”
    Good Book Guide (England)

    “Delightful…Logically illogical as only
Terry Pratchett can write.”
    Anne McCaffrey

B OOKS BY T ERRY P RATCHETT
    The Carpet People
    The Dark Side of the Sun
    Strata
    Truckers
    Diggers
    Wings
    Only You Can Save Mankind
    Johnny and the Dead
    Johnny and the Bomb
    The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Jollife)
    Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)
    T HE D ISCWORLD S ERIES
    The Color of Magic*
    The Light Fantastic*
    Equal Rites*
    Mort
    Sourcery
    Wyrd Sisters
    Pyramids
    Guards! Guards!
    Eric (with Josh Kirby)
    Moving Pictures
    Reaper Man
    Witches Abroad
    Small Gods*
    Lords and Ladies*
    Men at Arms*
    Soul Music*
    Feet of Clay*
    Interesting Times*
    Maskerade*
    Hogfather*
    Jingo*
    The Last Continent*
    Carpe Jugulum*
    Mort: A Discworld Big Comic
(with Graham Higgins)
    The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (with Stephen Briggs)
    The Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs)
    The Discworld Mapp (with Stephen Briggs)
    A ND IN H ARDCOVER
    The Fifth Elephant*
    *Published by HarperCollins

Copyright
    This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
    CARPE JUGULUM . Copyright © 1998 by Terry Pratchett. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
    EPub Edition © AUGUST 2007 ISBN: 9780061807862
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