{"product_id":"night-watch-1","title":"Night Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA definitive annotated edition of one of the greatest of Terry Pratchett's multi-million-bestselling Discworld novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master storyteller' A.S. Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Both comic and dark, blending high fantasy, twisted storytelling and all manner of wordplay ... a fine place to start reading Pratchett' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is in hot pursuit of a serial killer. The trouble is, a well-timed lightning strike has thrown both policeman and pursued into the city's past. Now Vimes must relive the history that made him: a cruel regime, a bloody revolution, a corrupt police force, and, most unnerving of all, a keen young recruit named Sam Vimes... \u003ci\u003eNight Watch, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich draws on inspirations as far ranging as Victor Hugo and \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H, \u003c\/i\u003eis a keen satire about the true nature of political power, and the sacrifices made in the name of the greater good; but also a profoundly empathetic novel about community, connection and the tenacity of the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eNight Watch\u003c\/i\u003e - written at the height of Pratchett's imaginative powers - includes a new foreword by Rob Wilkins and an introduction and annotations by Dr David Lloyd and Dr Darryl Jones, contextualising the novel and Pratchett's far-reaching legacy for new readers and current fans alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 400 pages | Published April 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63997111271773,"sku":"9780241759011","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/night-watch-1","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}