Paperback, 480 pages
English language
Published March 27, 2007 by Corgi.
Night Watch is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 29th book in his Discworld series, and the sixth starring the City Watch, published in 2002. The protagonist of the novel is Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. A five-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Night Watch placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best fantasy novel.
Excellent story all round. Vimes develops even more as a character and we get history of the Watch and the city. Along with a good exposition about how the many parts of a society work together despite the deprecations of self-interested fools. I needed that reminder amidst the chaos and deliberate pain of this Trump administration in the US.
This is the first of Pratchett's novels that I've read to the end (I've certainly tried at least one before and didn't get anywhere) and I think I understand the attraction. Vimes is a thoroughly decent chap, in a messy world, and Pratchett weaves words of wisdom into a pretty entertaining story. I'm not sure it moved me enough to hoover up the rest of his books, but I at least understand why people like him so much.
