{"product_id":"maskerade-by-terry-pratchett-9780552167567","title":"Maskerade","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaskerade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy . . .' \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat sort of person sits down and writes a maniacal laugh? And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head. Opera can do that to a man . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt can also bring Death. And plenty of it. In unpleasant variations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis isn't real life - it's worse. This is the Opera House, Ankh-Morpork . . . a huge, rambling building where innocent young sopranos are being targeted by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a mask and evening dress and with a penchant for lurking in shadows and occasional murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most formidable witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing. There's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evenin's entertainment with murders you can really hum to) and the show MUST go on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Discworld novels can be read in any order but \u003cem\u003eMaskerade\u003c\/em\u003e is the fifth book in the Witches series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46336513179884,"sku":"9780552167567","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15952313482384.jpg?v=1743683090","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/maskerade-by-terry-pratchett-9780552167567","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}