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Maskerade

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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"I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought. Now, everywhere I go, there's...."

Death, to be precise. And plenty of it. In unpleasant variations. This isn't real life. This isn't even cheese mongering. It's opera - where the music matters, and where an opera house is being terrorised by a man in evening dress with a white mask, lurking in the shadows, occasionally killing people, and, most worryingly, sending little notes, writing maniacal laughter with five exclamation marks. Opera can do that to a man. In such circumstances, life has obviously reached that desperate point where the wrong thing to do has to be the right thing to do.
©1996 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)1996 Corgi Audio
Classics Fantasy Fiction Opera
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"Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic, and unchained whimsy....Pratchett has a subject and a style that is very much his own." ( Sunday Times)

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The witches at their best!

The witches have always been my favourite characters in the Disc World universe and this is definitely one of their best, and most hilarious, adventures.

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really entertaining

This audio book is really good, Tony Robinson is the voice of the discworld..I love the tales of the ramtop witches and have been a pratchett fan for 20 years..own and have read every book..so the audio books can be a gamble as you have your own interpretation of the characters etc but Tony is brilliant and this audio book is a good adaptation.

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The infamous witty Prachett strikes again.

Tony Robinson brings to life the weird and wonderful world of Terry Prachett.

I loved it, couldn't wait to hear the next bit, or the next bit until before I knew it, it was done. Fabulous read.

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Fab abridged reading of a great story

As always Tony Robinson really brings the characters to life. Terry has a fantastic way with words and keeps me entertained right from start to finish

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