![]() And Granny Weatherwax was pretty damn powerful. She knew it happened, with the really powerful ones. She wasn’t at all sure that her friend wasn’t . . . well, the point was that Nanny Ogg was worried. Mm? said Granny, still staring moodily at the fire. Nanny went on, watching her friend carefully. Take you out of yourself, sort of thing . . . I thought it’d cheer you up, coming up here, she said after a while. There was no sound for a while but the roar of the wind and the sound of Nanny Ogg cutting bread, which she did with about as much efficiency as a man trying to chainsaw a mattress. Hah! said Granny Weatherwax, staring into the fire. You could’ve just asked me in a normal voice. meet again?Ī rather more ordinary voice said: What’d you go and shout that for? You made me drop my toast in the fire. Lightning prodded the crags like an old man trying to get an elusive blackberry pip out of his false teeth.Īmong the hissing furze bushes a fire blazed, the flames driven this way and that by the gusts.Īn eldritch voice shrieked: When shall we . . . I still couldn’t help peeking at the end, several times, but even that didn’t detract from the story here. uh, darn it, I mean Agnes Nitt – a young woman with an amazing voice and a wonderful personality.I do love how I got drawn into the mystery of this one. or is he? It’s a guy in a white mask anyhow, and a guy in a white mask is the Ghost.Which is where we come across Perdita X Dream – I mean, Perdita X Nitt. Bettering the singers, destroying scenery, killing people. Where there’s a Phantom – I mean Ghost – “haunting” the city’s opera theatre. This time, the pair are for Ankh-Morepork. My favourite one so far: “Greebo could, in fact, commit sexual harassment simply by sitting very quietly in the next room.” Now that is animal magnetism to its fullest!Of course, with Greebo comes Nanny and with Nanny comes Granny. It’s the descriptions of him that I love the most. Mostly one little ball of fluff affectionately named ‘Slash’. He reminds me of several cats we’ve had over the years. The Librarian makes a guest appearance that is a little heavy-handed but works with the operatic nature of the main plot and (drum roll) Greebo the cat is back in a big way in this one and he is as always rakish & adorable! This one kept me guessing til the end as to not only who-done-it but what-they-had-done and why-they-did-it. Nice subplot that introduces the real book 'Nanny Ogg's Cookbook' which is used as a plot device to give Nanny a few fun things to do and plausibly move & re-move characters from the action as well as tie up a few loose ends in another sub plot. Various plot twists come into play and Granny & Gytha follow her and solve the mystery. The hitch is that Agnes has gone off to the big city to be an opera singer. In this offering Granny Weatherwax and Gytha Ogg think perhaps Agnes Nitt could be their third witch: the maiden to their mother & crone. This is the 5th in the Witches arc of the Discworld books that started with 'Equal Rites'. Some false clues, trapdoors, secret passageways and secret identities-basically all the elements for a good read that kept me up well into the night. Very good as usual! There are witches, opera, cats, ghosts and policemen. One of the few Discworld books I had not read. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series. ![]() ![]() And no opera-prowling phantom fiend is going to keep a pair of determined hags down on the farm after they've seen Ankh-Morpork. ![]() Once Granny sets her mind on something, however, it's difficult-and often hazardous-to dissuade her. But at least it's an escape from scheming Nanny Ogg and old Granny Weatherwax back home, who want her to join their witchy ranks. Perdita's expected to hide in the chorus and sing arias out loud while a more petitely presentable soprano mouths the notes. (nee Agnes) Nitt, she of the ample body and ampler voice. The sudden rash of bizarre backstage deaths now threatens to mar the operatic debut of country girl Perdita X. The Ghost in the bone-white mask who haunts the Ankh-Morpork Opera House was always considered a benign presence-some would even say lucky-until he started killing people. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The nineteenth installment in Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld series - which has sold more than 23 million copies worldwide. ![]()
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