Equal Rites
Book 3 of Discworld
Language: English
Discworld (Imaginary place) Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Fantasy Fiction; English Fantasy:Humour Fathers and daughters Fiction General Humorous Inheritance and Succession Wizards Women's rights
Publisher: HarperTorch
Published: Feb 2, 2000
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Review
"Truly original...Discworld is more complicated and satisfactory than oz...Has the energy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland...Brilliant!" -- A . S. Byatt
Product Description
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.
In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...