Monstrous Regiment

“Mate gender politics with geopolitics and you get either a PC nightmare or something very funny. Fortunately, in MONSTROUS REGIMENT it’s the latter. Pratchett takes full and unfairly hilarious advantage of the opportunity to skewer everything from miliary court martials to male swagger.” – Washington Post Book World

“As ever, Pratchett revels in pricking pomp and assurance, but it isn’t going too far to say that of late his real subject, like Wilfred Owen’s, is the pity of war… he can move from farce to sadness in seconds … MONSTROUS REGIMENT is most often spirited and shambolic, but it has some serious heft. Pratchett is on the side of those who make very little fuss, which means he gets to shiv those who do.” – New York Times Book Review

“Surprisingly meaningful but never short of hilarious: a monstrous success for Pratchett.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Hilarious … wickedly satirical … nothing short of brilliant.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Extraordinarily amusing … Pratchet has outdone himself with MONSTROUS REGIMENT–a feat that might be hard to imagine after so many books. It is fresh, witty as ever, and brings a whole new look to Ankh Morpork.” – Bookreporter.com

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.