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Feet Of Clay

(Discworld Novel 19)

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Feet Of Clay

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before.

'Sorry?' said Carrot. If it's just a thing, how can it commit murder? A sword is a thing' - he drew his own sword; it made an almost silken sound - 'and of course you can't blame a sword if someone thrust it at you, sir.'

For Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, life consists of troubling times, linked together by...well, more troubling times.

Right now, it's the latter. There's a werewolf with pre-lunar tension in the city, and a dwarf with attitude and a golem who's begun to think for itself, but that's just ordinary trouble. The real problem is more puzzling - people are being murdered, but there's no trace of anything alive having been at the crime scene.

So Vimes not only has to find out whodunit, but howdunit too. He's not even sure what they dun. But soon as he knows what the questions are, he's going to want some answers.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Feet of Clay is the third book in the City Watch series.

'The work of a prolific humorist at his best' Observer

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'The work of a prolific humorist at his best'
'Like most true originals, Pratchett defies categorisation...Deliciously and amiably dotty...Driven by Swiftian logic and equally intellectually inventive'
'Fantastical, inventive and finally serious...It's enjoyable as crime fiction, but the real attraction is the laughter waiting to be uncovered on each page'
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Of course Terry Pratchett books are incredible, so I was a bit worried about how this narrator would go. The way he does voices is amazing - all the tricky ones like women, animals (!!!) and all the men’s voices are SOOO different from each other, he kinda… paints them. Looked him up and apparently he’s famous for voice impressionism. All the Vimes books are done by Jon - gosh, I hope the non-Vimes are as good!

Jon Culshaw is AMAZING

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I am really enjoying this series of recordings. I'm a fan of Pratchett's writing anyway, and the narrator does a great job on this series of novels about The Watch. Feet of Clay has some very funny scenes, alongside a fun police procedural and further development of social and philosophical thoughts in the Watch.

The only thing I don't like about these recordings, and that includes this one, is that the footnotes are at a lower volume than the main story. I assume this is a device to reflect the small writing of a footnote, but it is a real difficulty for the hard of hearing or those in noisy or busy environments. I'd welcome an update to these recordings with the footnotes at the same volume (although please don't make us pay again if we already own this recording!).

Enjoyable story, read well. Wish the footnotes were louder though.

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The narrator does a great job with nearly every character, but Angua just did not sound right to me. Even when she was shouting, it sounded like a meek simper. Angua is a badass and needs to sound like one, imo.

Almost perfect

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Took me to places hitherto unexplored; questions of moral identity and integrity, where it lies and who has the right to wield it. Pratchett ‘s way of thinking is artfully unique. I’ve learnt so much from this book , my life and vision thereof is richer for having done so ⭐️🩵⭐️

Feet of Clay

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I LOVE all the Watch series and have several of the other recordings. I’ve been excitedly waiting for these new ones as I’ve enjoyed the Witches ones I’ve heard so far. Unfortunately, this narration was very disappointing. The narrator speaks so slowly I sometimes wonder if he’s fallen asleep before the end of the sentence. He’s somehow made Nobby and Fred Colon sound 80 which in this book they’re certainly not meant to be. I also really dislike the choice he’s made for Lord Vetinari - and for Wilikins… Vimes’ voice is a good interpretation but that’s about it. I wish I hadn’t wasted two credits excitedly getting the two Watch books I didn’t already have.

Great book - not great narration.

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