Top read (Maskerade - Terry Pratchett)

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Product:	Maskerade - Terry Pratchett
Date:	20/09/01 (46 review reads)
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As a reader of numerous 'Terry Books' (My own title for them) I have picked this one out as possibly the best I've ever read. Which ever one of Pratchets' long list of tales you read you will always be confused, never understand where the plot is going, be forever re-reading sentences / paragraphs / pages / chapters / books yet be constantly laughing the entire time.

Maskerade is set in Ankh-Morpork, two cities (Ankh and Morpork) that are joined as one and divided by the 'liquid-less' river Ankh. The Opera House is the main setting for this book and a number of familiar characters play their part, most notably Nanny Ogg, Granny Weatherwax and a personal favorite of mine Greebo (The human who can change at will into a cat).

The opera house is subject to bizarre goings on and when staff start to disappear it is met with a cry of "The show must go on!", a common theme throughout.

It also tells the tale of Agnes, who embarkes on her opera singing career admidst the madness. With Christine, the opposite of Agnes - thin, beautiful, angelic and playing the lead role, they pursue the ghost of the Opera House.

Weatherwax and Ogg show up in town searching for Agnes and also to collect money owed from the sale of Nanny Oggs special recipies book! The two witches ensure that all goes their way, despite using magical means.

Another great character is Henry Slugg aka Senor Ballista. He plays the tenor in the play and is percieved to be a man of class, beneath he is plain old Henry Slugg who likes to eat pies!

These are but a few examples of the amusing twists and turns the book takes.

For any future readers I shan't give too much more away except to say there is little left of the book to read by the time you start to grasp what is happening.

It is definitely a book I'd read again, probably because I need to as well as want to. The book is colorful, fast moving a
nd hilariously funny throughout. The plot changes from a complex tangle of unpredictability to a fitting and satisfactory ending.

A must for all Pratchet lovers and for any fantasy fan, so go get a copy!

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