Monstrous Regiment: 31st in the 'Discworld' series of books

Pratchett, Terry

ISBN 10: 0552149411 / ISBN 13: 9780552149419

Published by Transworld / Corgi, 2004

About this Item

© 2003: 31st in the 'Discworld' series of books. 1st printing of 2004 paperback edition:- Synopsis: It began as a sudden strange fancy. Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time. And now she's enlisted in the army, and is searching for her lost brother. But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well. They have the Secret. And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have to use all the resources of. The Monstrous Regiment:- Review(s): "Not since Evelyn Waugh's novel 'Officers And Gentlemen' has conflict faced such thoroughly cutting questioning. A great piece of writing, akin to Jonathan Swift" - Daily Express / "You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realizing that you are in the presence of a true original among contemporary writers - a fantasist who loves naff humour and silly names, and yet whose absurd world is, at heart. a serious portrait of the jingoistic fears that keep us at each other's throat's" - The Times / "It's powerful stuff, and one of his best" - Starburst:- (original cost £6.99).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monstrous Regiment: 31st in the 'Discworld' series of books
• Publisher: Transworld / Corgi
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552149411
• ISBN 13: 9780552149419
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Paul Kidby
• Edition: 2004 Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Weight: 0.25 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

It began as a sudden strange fancy. . .

Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time. . .

And now she’s enlisted in the army, and is searching for her lost brother.

But there’s a war on. There’s always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them.

All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well ...they have the Secret. And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have to use all the resources of...the Monstrous Regiment.

About the Author

Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he ‘doesn’t want to get a life, because it feels as though he’s trying to lead three already’. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. His first Discworld novel for children, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.