Men at Arms - A Discworld Novel (Paperback, New Ed)

In Pratchett's latest Discworld fantasy romp (Lords and Ladies, p. 1068), Captain Vimes of Ankh-Morpork's City Watch is retiring in order to marry the city's richest lady and become a Gentleman. The Watch, you see, thanks to affirmative action, has been forced to hire both dwarfs and trolls - they loathe each other - and even women (actually, a she-werewolf). But before he goes, Vimes, with Corporal Carrot - he's probably the lost heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork - and Gaspode the talking dog must solve a series of horrible murders involving a strange explosive device, meddling Assassins, and the doddering denizens of the Unseen University. An about average installment in this always entertaining, sometimes hysterically funny series. (Kirkus Reviews)

'Be a MAN in the City Watch! The City Watch needs MEN!'

But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman…most of the time) and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving).

And they need all the help they can get. Because they've only got twenty-four hours to clean up the town and this is Ankh-Morpork we're talking about…

General

Imprint:	Corgi Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1994
First published:	2007
Authors:	Terry Pratchett
Dimensions:	178 x 108 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	380
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-552-14028-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy
LSN:	0-552-14028-7
Barcode:	9780552140287

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Mon, 8 Jun 2009 | Review by: Danie N.

This book is obviously the first in the city watch series; first one written but not the first one chronologically. Some of pratchett background info on the characters doesn't seem to fit with information given in Night Watch (the first book chronologically but written 15 years later) but that is the only negative there is to the book. I thought before reading the book that Sam Vimes is going to be the main character, but the story evolves mainly around Carrot, his relationship that is forming with Angua and the transformation of the watch to represent the cities minority groups. Fun book with lots of truths given in true pratchett style.

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