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finished reading Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 18)

Terry Pratchett: Maskerade (Paperback, 1997, Corgi Adult)

The show must go on, as murder, music and mayhem run riot in the night... …

I've always really enjoyed Discworld. I bought this book on a recommendation of a friend - it's her favourite Discworld novel - but it sat on the shelf for a very long time. It was only when I decided to make a conscious effort to read again that I picked it up.

Terry Pratchett is brilliant as always in bringing the world of Ankh-Morpork to life, but this time he explores a subject obviously foreign to him - the opera. Nevertheless he manages to capture a broadly accurate depiction of what it's like behind the scenes of the theatre, and weaves in a mystery around it all.

Big fan of this one. Can see myself revisiting the book or introducing it to my kids in the future.