Hogfather

<p><b>Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the fourth book in the <i>Death</i> series, part of the <i>Discworld</i> novels.</b><br><br><b>'Our best comic novelist'</b> <i>New Scientist</i><br><br>‘A great Christmas tale that's <b>as silly as it is deep</b> in the way few authors cam achieve’ 5-star reader review<br><br><i>'Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.'</i><br><br><b>'Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house . . . something was missing.</b><br><br>Superstition makes things work in the Discworld and undermining it can have consequences.<br><br>When Death realizes that belief in the Hogfather is dangerously low, he decides to take on the job. But it's just not right to find a seven-foot skeleton creeping down your chimney and trying to say 'ho, ho, ho'.<br><br><b>It's the last night of the year, the time is turning, and if Susan, gothic governess and Death's granddaughter, doesn't sort everything out by morning, there won't be a morning. Ever again . . .</b><br><br>Hogfather<i> is the fourth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.</i><br><br>Praise for the <i>Discworld</i> series:<br><br>'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series <b>one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'</b> <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>‘Pratchett is <b>a master storyteller</b>’ <i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>'One of our greatest fantasists, </b>and beyond a doubt<b> the funniest' </b>George R.R. Martin<br><br>'One of those rare writers who<b> appeals to everyone</b>’ <i>Daily Express</i><br><br><b>‘One of the most consistently funny writers </b>around’ Ben Aaronovitch<br><br>‘<b>Masterful and brilliant</b>’ <i>Fantasy & Science Fiction</i><br><br>‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he <b>is a satirist of enormous talent</b> ... <b>incredibly funny</b> ... <b>compulsively readable'</b> <i>The Times</i><br><br>‘The <b>best humorous English author</b> since P.G. Wodehouse'<i> The Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>‘Nothing short of <b>magical</b>’ <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><br>'Consistently <b>funny</b>, consistently <b>clever</b> and consistently <b>surprising</b> in its twists and turns' <i>SFX</i><br><br>‘[Discworld is] <b>compulsively readable, fantastically inventive</b>, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...<b>There's never been anything quite like it</b>’ <i>Evening Standard</i></p>