The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

Paperback, 464 pages

English language

Published Oct. 8, 2008 by Corgi.

ISBN:: 978-0-552-15422-2

(10 reviews)

The Fifth Elephant is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 24th book in the Discworld series. It introduces the clacks, a long-distance semaphore system. The novel was nominated for the Locus Award in 2000.

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4 stars

I stopped reading Pterry in the 90's but recently decided to catch up on all the books I have missed whilst he is still with us. I am not doing them in chronological order though, I am following this suggested reading order .. www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-20.jpg.
Working through the Guards books first as I really enjoy those characters.
I am giving this one 4 stars, some laugh out loud moments and a decent plot variation on the locked room mystery. Some interesting musings on society as well. Definitely PTerry on form.