As heard on Radio 4 - the classic dark and hilarious take on mankind's final judgment, from bestselling authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. His first Discworld novel for children, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.
Marvellously benign, ridiculously inventive and gloriously
funny
*GUARDIAN*
Wickedly funny
*TIME OUT*
A superbly funny book. Pratchett and Gaiman are the most
hilariously sinister team since Jekyll and Hyde. If this is
Armageddon, count me in
*JAMES HERBERT*
Wow
*WASHINGTON POST*
Heaven to read, and you'll laugh like hell
*Time Out*
Marvellously benign, ridiculously inventive and gloriously funny *
GUARDIAN *
Wickedly funny * TIME OUT *
A superbly funny book. Pratchett and Gaiman are the most
hilariously sinister team since Jekyll and Hyde. If this is
Armageddon, count me in -- JAMES HERBERT
Wow * WASHINGTON POST *
Heaven to read, and you'll laugh like hell * Time Out *
The birth of the Antichrist in a London hospital begins the countdown to Armageddon. As the forces of both Heaven and Hell anticipate the coming battle to decide the world's fate, a desperate few--including an angel with a taste for rare books, a demon in mirrorshades, the descendant of the world's most accurate prophetess, a part-time witchfinder, four young children, and a dog--race against time to prevent it. Irreverently funny and unexpectedly wise, this collaboration between comics writer Gaiman and Discworld series author Pratchett fuses fantasy and comedy into an untrammeled romp through the latter days. Highly recommended for fantasy and general fiction collections.
This zany tale of the bungling of Armageddon features an angel, a demon, an 11-year-old Antichrist and a doomsaying witch; unmistakably British humor is in abundance. (Mar.)
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