The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Pratchett, Terry

ISBN 10: 006001234X ISBN 13: 9780060012342

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2001

Riassunto

In a fantastical realm called Discword, a talking feline concocts a clever scheme, with the help of smart rats and a boy with a pennywhistle, to cash in on the Pied Piper legend, but his plans go awry when they hit Bad Blintz, a town where food is scarce, rats are despised, and a murderous evil rages beneath the streets.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

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Winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal

One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amazing when the rats followed hint out of town.

They'd have been really amazed if they'd ever found out that the rats and the piper met up with a cat somewhere outside of town and solemnly counted out the money.

The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits. For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks beneath the hunger-stricken streets....

Set in Terry Pratchett's widely popular Discworld, this masterfully crafted, gripping read is both compelling and funny. When one of the world's most acclaimed fantasy writers turns a classic fairy tale on its head, no one will ever look at the Pied Piper -- or rats -- the same way again!

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 006001234X
• ISBN 13: 9780060012342
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 241
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile