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Guards! Guards!

By: Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaronovitch - afterword
Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy, Ben Aaronovitch
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The audiobook of Guards! Guards! is narrated by impressionist and actor Jon Culshaw, best known for BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers, and for the Doctor Who audiobooks and dramas. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'NOBLE DRAGONS DON'T HAVE FRIENDS. THE NEAREST THEY CAN GET TO THE IDEA IS AN ENEMY WHO IS STILL ALIVE.'

The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.

A shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place. Too bad the dragon has ideas of its own...

It's up to Captain Sam Vimes and the ramshackle Night Watch to stop it. Only problem is, the Watch are more used to dealing with mobs than dragons.

And if they can't bring down this fire-breathing tyrant and reinstate their own, slightly less dangerous one, Ankh-Morpork might be lost. For ever...

With an afterword by Ben Aaronovitch.

Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order.

The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©1989 Terry Pratchett (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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"This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended." (The Times)

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Stupendiferous!

Recommended for everybody! I have waited with anticipation for over a year and am not disappointed.

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I appreciated the narrator's consistency with matching a character voice to that character's dialogue. Nobby's voice acting is a perfect match for the personality, and Vimes is fairly good. I don't know yet that I liked it enough to re-purchase the rest of the Watch arc with this narrator -- it depends on the studio quality on Men At Arms, which is written as much more of an ensemble story.

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the best

Sir Terry' is a masterful writer and this is some of his best work

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It was a million to one chance but it might just work and so I laughed and cried and had a good time.

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Great book great performance

You just can’t find a less than entertaining Terry Pratchett Discworld book. This is no exception.

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Better than the original recording, great afterword, and one of Pratchett’s best

Great reading, my favorite so far of the new recordings. Excellent voices, timing, everything. Loved the afterword. This has been one of my favorites for a long time, and relistening to it had me almost laughing out loud with him as Sargent Colon asked if they might have a dartboard. Wonderful experience.

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I bought all the ones that Stephen Briggs did before they were gone. But since I only had bought non audio books before I decided I would rather have an unabridged new ones than a mixed bag of speakers.
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Brilliant narration of a truly brilliant book!

Not my first time reading or listening to this amazing story.
Definitely my best though!

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Fantastic!

This might not be the funniest or most memorable disk world novel. But it is one of the most important. And it still has all the charm, comedy, and biting commentary that Pratchett was known for

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