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294 pp.
| Clarion |
November, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-544-21247-3$17.99
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4-6
In this reworking of a story that he first wrote at seventeen, Pratchett tells of the Munrungs, a race of tiny beings who live in the carpet. It's a quest/survival tale with lashings of dotty humor and the author's own energetic line drawings. The novel doesn't entirely hang together, but Pratchett is never dull and this is a fascinating piece of juvenilia.