![]() ![]() ![]() But Pratchett references with this title an actual, sexist pamphlet from 1558 by one John Knox that raved against government by women. ![]() Make of this characterization what you will.Īs Polly enters the army, we start out all Full Metal Jacket style and she enters a company consisting of course of a vampire, a troll, an Igor and so on. And even when Borogravia is losing, it is winning. You can’t be the greatest country in the world without having enemies, after all. The country also suffers from too much patriotism. The country follows the Book of Nuggan, which is actually more like a heavy binder that lists all the things that are considered Abominations unto Nuggan, such as chocolate, and the colour blue. We are in Borogravia, a location not visited before in the series, and a very warlike and religious country. It tells the story of Polly Perks, a girl who dresses up as a boy to enter the military, in search of her older brother. When we get to Monstrous Regiment, we get to perhaps his sharpest, most biting novel in the series. That element of satire became sharper too – more mocking, more serious in its intentions. ![]() Where the first dozen novels relied more on clever word play, his later novels found their humour in satirical situations. Reading the Discworld series in sequence, you might notice Terry Pratchett’s sense of humour changing over the years.
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