{"product_id":"maskerade-book-terry-pratchett-9780061056918","title":"Maskerade","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy . . .' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt can also bring Death. And plenty of it. In unpleasant variations. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't real life - it's worse. This is the Opera House, \u003cb\u003eAnkh-Morpork\u003c\/b\u003e . . . 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\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cb\u003eGranny Weatherwax\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDiscworld's\u003c\/b\u003e most formidable witch, is in the audience. \u003ci\u003eAnd she doesn't hold with that sort of thing\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Discworld novels can be read in any order but \u003cb\u003eMaskerade\u003c\/b\u003e is the fifth book in the Witches series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758191616273,"sku":"CIN006105691XG","price":6.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49985986298129,"sku":"GOR002882244","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50134332014865,"sku":"CIN006105691XA","price":6.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50541270532369,"sku":"GOR004425899","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51394275967249,"sku":"CIN006105691XVG","price":4.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/006105691X.jpg?v=1786109808","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/maskerade-book-terry-pratchett-9780061056918","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}