Jingo
A Fiction, Humor, Comedy book. Taxation, gentlemen, is very much like dairy farming. The task is to...
Something new has come up between the Discworld's ancient rival cites of Ankh-Morpork and Al-Khali. LiterallyIt's up island, rising out of Discworld's sea, uninhabited and claimed by both cities.Under International Law this situation clearly falls under the ancient doctrine of Acquiris Quodcumque Rapis ("You Get What You Grab"). And everyone wants to grab. Besides, the Al-Khalians may have invented algebra, astronomy and alcohol, but hey don't have a word for lawyer, and how can you talk to people like that?Since there's no basis for negotiation, it's down...
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- Pages: 323 pages
- ISBN: 9780061050473 / 61050474
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Do you need an excuse to have a war? I mean, who for? Can't you just say "You got lots of cash and land, but I've got a big sword, so divvy up right now, chop chop. Terry Pratchett, Jingo // Sometimes I dream that we could deal with the big crimes, that we could make a law for countries and not just for people, Terry Pratchett, Jingo // Taxation, gentlemen, is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum amount of moo. Terry Pratchett, Jingo //
I've read this a few times, actually. Some of the fine details of the plot I still didn't remember until I read it just now. Part of this might just be poor memory (it's sort of nice to have that for books, actually, as some of the contents still come as a surprise upon rereading. I may remember the gist, but how exactly it comes about... Terry Pratchett does it again. All the regulars of the Watch are here, along with Lord Vetinari, a brief cameo with Death, and 71 Hour Ahmed. A solid 4 1/2 stars only because I felt that the ending went on a tad long. 2016 RereadBumping this up a star the second time through. Even though I didn't remember a lot of this, despite it being one of my more recently read Discworld novels prior to the great 2016 TP read-through (fulfilling my earlier prediction that I wouldn't remember any of the details for any length of time).Because this worked for me...
