Thud!

Discworld, Book 34

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy

Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

The audiobook of Thud 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.

'FOR THE ENEMY IS NOT TROLL, NOR IS IT DWARF, BUT IT IS THE BALEFUL, THE MALIGN, THE COWARDLY, THE VESSELS OF HATRED, THOSE WHO DO A BAD THING AND CALL IT GOOD...'

In the city of Ankh-Morpork, tension is rising between dwarf and troll communities.

A dwarven fanatic has been stoking the flames of an old hatred born of the Battle of Koom Valley -an ancient war between the races that neither side has quite got over. When the dwarf is murdered, with a troll the only witness, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch must solve the case before history repeats itself.

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war drums sounding, Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. But darkness is following him...

And at six o'clock every day he must go home to read a bedtime story to his son. There are some things you have to do.

Thud! is the seventh 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.

©2005 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX

Pure genius as always

As an avid and long-standing fan of Terry Pratchett, his fantastical Discworld and all his superb characters in it, I am possibly very, very biased. What a brilliant satirist. What a brilliant sense of humour. So many laugh out loud moments.

A much-needed, humorous life-line while making your way through all the crazy happenings in the 'real' world.

If you are here as a new-comer to Mr Pratchett's brilliance it's worth starting at the beginning with book 1 (The Colour of Magic). Although not a pre-requisite - you can dive in at any point really, as they read as individual novels - but there is wonderful character development that evolves from novel to novel (some are children's books, so you can skip those until you've run out of the adult ones!!). His novels just get better and better and richer in depth as they go on. Like treasure in a treasure chest. Which they are.

awesome!

I love Pratchett's books, therefore 5 stars for the story. I would gladly give 7 stars for performance, if it was possible, I was amazed by it. I do recommend this one without hesitation.