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Maskerade
Author: | Terry Pratchett |
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HarperTorch, 1998 Gollancz, 1994 |
Series: | Discworld: Book 18 |
1. The Color of Magic |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Fantasy |
Sub-Genre Tags: | Comic Fantasy Romantic Fantasy Fantasy of Manners |
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It's not over till the fat lady sings
There's a Ghost in the Opera House of Ankh-Morpork. It wears a bone-white mask and terrorizes the entire company, including the immortal Enrico Basilica, who eats continuously even when he's singing. Mostly spaghetti with tomato sauce.
What better way to flush out a ghost than with a witch? Enter the Opera's newest diva, Perdita X. Nitt, a wannabe witch with such an astonishing range that she can sing harmony with herself. And does.
To further complicate matters (and why not?) there is a backstage cat who occasionally becomes a person just because it's so easy. Not to mention Granny Weatherwax's old friend, Death, whose scythe arm is sore from too much use. And who has been known to don a mask...
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