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Guards! Guards!

Discworld, Book 8

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Guards! Guards!

By: Terry Pratchett, Ben Aaranovitch - introduction
Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy, Ben Aaronovitch
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'It was the usual Ankh-Morpork mob in times of crisis; half of them were here to complain, a quarter of them were here to watch the other half, and the remainder were here to rob, importune or sell hotdogs to the rest.'

Insurrection is in the air in the city of Ankh-Morpork. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again.

Captain Sam Vimes of the city's ramshackle Night Watch is used to this. It's enough to drive a man to drink. Well, to drink more. But this time, something is different - the Have-Nots have found the key to a dormant, lethal weapon that even they don't fully understand, and they're about to unleash a campaign of terror on the city.

Time for Captain Vimes to sober up.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series.

'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended' The Times

© Terry Pratchett 1989 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

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Critic Reviews

'This is one of Pratchett's best books. Hilarious and highly recommended'

'Pratchett is at the peak of his powers; it's hard to think of any humorist writing in Britain today who can match him...A masterful ear for dialogue, a keen eye for the ridiculous and a real feel for language'
'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'
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Not what I was expecting, but really enjoyed it, was a lot more real in the characters themselves.

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Well narrated, really enjoyed listening, read the book a long time ago and enjoyed the audiobook just as much.

Good work!

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The Watch is my favourite discworld series, and Vimes is my favourite character(as many others would no doubt attest, too), so I had quite a high bar set for these, especially after the stellar job Coyle had done with the von Lipwig books. When I saw Jon Culshaw was narrating, I breathed a sigh of relief(love his work), and he outdid himself here. Thank you Jon, for doing absolute justice to these characters that are so important to so many of us.
The Watch can stand proudly alongside the new Witches and Industrial Revolution series’ as the best of the bunch.

Better than I’d hoped for ❤️

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I’ve been on tenterhooks wondering who would be voicing these characters in these new recordings. I’ve been reading these books for a couple of decades now so the voices in my head are really embedded. Thank goodness for the voice characterisation skills of Jon Culshaw. Once I had played with the playback timing (made it a little faster) I sat back and enjoyed every minute. And thank goodness, finally, that Lady Sybil is voiced as a person rather than a pantomime dame.

Really enjoyable

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Great listen, but at times the voice choices just didnt feel right for the characters

Exceptional Story, delivery mixed

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