Book Review: Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchettt
Author: Terry Pratchettt
Title: Feet of Clay
Publication Info: Victor Gollancz, 1996
Summary/Review:
Once again, there’s a plot to remove Lord Vetinari the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, who is slowly being poisoned by means the evade Sam Vimes’ skills of “detectoring.” Meanwhile the city’s guilds and nobels attempt to make Nobby Nobbs, of all people, their puppet ruler after learning that he may be heir to the royal family. And Captain Carrot investigates a series of murders apparently committed by a golem that has gone mad, followed by several golems dying by suicide, and a golem named Dorfl falsely confessing the crimes.
This may be the best Discworld novel I’ve read yet. It ties together it’s disparate threads perfectly and is full of humor, wordplay, and imagination. Plus it provides great character moments for the large cast that includes the werewolf guard Angua, a female dwarf and forensic expert Cheery Littlebottom, the vampire Dragon King of Arms, and an unfortunate adventure in the sewers for guard Fred Colon and Wee Mad Arthur, a Nac Mac Feegle. The underlying social message that condemns the aristocracy and slavery is also well-done
Favorite Passages:
You wouldn’t find slum-dwellers in these pages, but you would find their landlords. And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.
The real world was far too real to leave neat little hints. It was full of too many things. It wasn’t by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much hard process of eliminating the possibilities. You worked away, patiently asking questions and looking hard at things. You walked and talked, and in you heart you hoped like hell that some bugger’s nerve’d crack and he’d give himself up.
Rating: ****1/2
Discworld Reviews Master List
No.TitlePublished1The Colour of Magic19832The Light Fantastic19863Equal Rites19874Mort (radio drama)5Sourcery19886Wyrd Sisters (radio drama)7Pyramids19898Guards! Guards! (radio drama)9Eric (radio drama)199010Moving Pictures11Reaper Man199112Witches Abroad13Small Gods (radio drama)199214Lords and Ladies15Men at Arms199316Soul Music199417Interesting Times18Maskerade199519Feet of Clay199620Hogfather21Jingo199722The Last Continent199823Carpe Jugulum24The Fifth Elephant199925The Truth200026Thief of Time200127The Last Hero28The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents29Night Watch (radio drama)200230The Wee Free Men200331Monstrous Regiment32A Hat Full of Sky200433Going Postal34Thud!200535Wintersmith200636Making Money200737Unseen Academicals200938I Shall Wear Midnight201039Snuff201140Raising Steam201341The Shepherd’s Crown2015Other books by Terry Pratchett I’ve read:
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