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The Fifth Elephant

The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

Publisher Doubleday

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  • UK First Edition
  • First Printing
  • Hardcover

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    Near-fine first edition with light bumping to top back corner and slightly yellowing pages. In a near-fine unclipped dustjacket with very light wear/bruising to some of the edges and a small tear in the top corner of the back cover.

About the book

Sam Vines is a man on the run. Yesterday, he was a duke, a chief of police, and ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization, there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're werewolves - and they're catching up. Sam Vimes is out of time and already out of breath....

About the Author

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.

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