{"product_id":"9780552167673-monstrous-regiment","title":"Monstrous Regiment","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Discworld Novel 31)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, a standalone \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are\u003cb\u003e in the presence of a true original' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Another marvellous tale by the\u003cb\u003e king of fantasy’ \u003c\/b\u003e5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! 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