The fifth elephant a novel of Discworld
Commander Vimes is on a case that takes him all around Discworld.
Main Author: | Pratchett, Terry. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
HarperCollins,
Ã2000.
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Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
Series: |
Discworld
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Contributor biographical information |
Summary: |
Commander Vimes is on a case that takes him all around Discworld. "Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were, and what happened to the fifth elephant is only one of the many perplexing mysteries solved ... The Fifth Elephant begins, like so many of Pratchett's satirical inventions, with an invitation. This one is both royal and engraved, requiring that Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary attend as both detective and diplomat. ... Where cops (even those clad in tights) go, crime, of course, follows--and an attempted assassination and theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald"--Book jacket. |
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Physical Description: |
321 pages ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
0061051578 9780061051579 |
Author Notes: |
His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. He became a full-time author in 1987. He wrote more than 70 books during his lifetime including The Dark Side of the Sun, Strata, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Dodger, Raising Steam, Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales, and The Shephard's Crown. He was diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. He was knighted for services to literature in 2009 and received the World Fantasy award for life achievement in 2010. He died on March 12, 2015 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) |