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The Truth
- Discworld, Book 25
- Narrated by: Mathew Baynton, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook of The Truth is narrated by Mathew Baynton, star of Ghosts, Yonderland and Horrible Histories. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'A lie can run round the world before the truth can get its boots on.'
William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork's first newspaper. Well, with a name like that…
Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.
It's a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story...
The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a standalone.
The first book in the Discworld series—The Colour of Magic—was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
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"An unmitigated delight...very, very funny." (The Times)
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- Philip Tompsett
- 16-05-23
Another classic. Not the best but still great.
Doesn’t quite match up to guards guards and a few other all time greats but still a great story.
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- Mad Boris
- 28-06-23
Awesome book, great performance
I have to say this is one of the best performances of the new recordings. My compliments to the cast and crew
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- Tori
- 20-06-23
Fantastic
Terry Pratchett is great as per and the narration is fantastic. More Mathew Baynton/Discworld collab please!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-03-23
Fabulous all Round
Yet another delight from the wonderful Mr Pratchett. I am gorging on the new recordings and loving them. I have to agree with previous reviewers who say that Mathew Baynton is superb at bringing the characters to life. Oh, and the wonderful Otto the singing vampire. There is so much wisdom and depth of vision in these little gems of novels.
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- Cara Bull
- 15-03-23
One of the Finest
The narration is brilliant, such an array of different voices and a wonderful thought on how children don't need to be what their parents want to turn them into.
It would be nice if the truth really did start kicking.
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- krivapeta
- 25-05-23
Outstanding!
Absolutely marvellous!The book itself it’s wonderfully written and the reader is exceptionally good . All in all a great listening
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- Turpili
- 09-07-23
Fabulous book, brilliantly read
Really wonderful performance here of a later Pratchett. The narrator appears to have actually had notes / read ahead, so he reads for emotion of characters as well as doing their voices.
Well put together and produced. Overall to a high standard. Excellent.
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- Ruth Calder-Murphy
- 27-02-23
As good as you'd expect
The book is as brilliant as ever; possibly more so.
Matthew Baynton's narration is outstanding. His Otto Van Chriek is a work of comedic genius.
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- Mrs J A Lee-Ranson
- 14-05-23
Loved it!
I always love a Pratchett book! Any format. I loved the story telling by Matthew Baynton. Overall 10/10
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- Rachael Potts
- 11-10-23
Staggeringly good as always
There’s just so much to love about this book. The ‘hungry press’, the B-Total vampire, the clever plot and of course the unmistakable Pratchett humour throughout.
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