Paperback, 381 pages
English language
Published Nov. 25, 1997 by Corgi Books.
THE BLURB:
The show must go on, as murder, music and mayhem run riot in the night...
The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork...a huge rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely-familiar evil mastermind in a hideously-deformed evening dress...
At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most famous witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing.
So there's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening's entertainment with murders you can really hum...)
"Pratchett is as funny as Wodehouse and as witty as Waugh" Independent
Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax end up at the Ankh-Morpork Opera. Lots of chaos with an operatically for finale. The Librarian makes an appearance to ensure the show goes on.
Content warning plot/characer spoilers maybe?
I wanted to like this more than I did: witches, a Phantom-esque plotline, theater puns... but the anti-fatness really rubbed me the wrong way. I understand this is a huge factor in the motivation of Agnes/Perdita as a character. It just took the wind out of the story-sails and made the whole thing less enjoyable :(
Enjoyed the interweaving of character personalities and roles in this one. Ahead of his time politically as usual without being a political book. A who-dunnit that keeps you guessing.
