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The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise, What I Did on My Holidays. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Warlords are struggling for power. And all that stands in the way of terrible doom for everyone is Rincewind the Wizard, who can't even spell the word "wizard..". and a very special butterfly.

The seventeenth Discworld novel. There are many who say that the art of diplomacy is an intricate and complex dance between two informed partners, determined by an elaborate set of elegant and unwritten rules. There are others who maintain that it's merely a matter of who carries the biggest stick. Like when a large, heavily fortified and armoured empire makes a faintly menacing request of a much smaller, infinitely more cowardly neighbour. It would be churlish, if not extremely dangerous, not to comply -- particularly if all they want is a wizard, and they don't specify whether competence is an issue.

"May you live in interesting times." -- Ancient CurseAnother outrageously clever installment in the Discworld files, Interesting Times reminds the world why Terry Pratchett is considered the best fantasy and humor writer in the English speaking world.When a carrier albatross arrives from the Counterweight Continent with an Urgent Request for a "Great Wizard," Rincewind is "volunteered." Along his absurdly delicious travels, he meets a colorful band of characters only Terry Pratchett could compile. Their mission is to either defend or destroy the Forbidden City of Hunghung. The instructions are not entirely clear.In this international bestseller, the funniest writer in fantasy strikes again with a rollicking tale of murder and mayhem in Discworld."The funniest parodist working in the field today, period." -- The New York Review of Science Fiction

The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise 'What I Did on My Holidays'. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Warlords are struggling for power. War(and his daughter Clancy) are spreading through the ancient cities. And all that stands in the way of terrible doom for everyone is: Rincewind the Wizard, who can't even spell the word "wizard", Cohen the barbarian hero, five foot tall in his surgical sandals, and a very special butterfly.