Already a worldwide sensation and Great Britain's indisputable number one author, this intellectually audacious and effortlessly hilarious writer sold more hardcover books in the United Kingdom during the previous decade than any other living novelist. It was only a matter of time before Terry Pratchett would win the minds and hearts of America.

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Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett