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  • Written by: Rob Wilkins
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  • Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes

Written by: Rob Wilkins
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WINNER OF THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION

'PEOPLE THINK THAT STORIES ARE SHAPED BY PEOPLE. IN FACT, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.'

At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet - his own.

At six years old, Terry was told by his headteacher that he would never amount to anything. He spent the rest of his life proving that teacher wrong. At sixty-six, Terry had lived a life full of achievements: becoming one of the UK's bestselling writers, winning the Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood for services to literature.

Following his untimely death from Alzheimer's disease, the mantle of completing Terry's memoir was passed to Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the author's literary estate.

Drawing on his own extensive memories, along with those of Terry's family, friends, fans and colleagues, Rob recounts Terry's extraordinary story - from his early childhood to the literary phenomenon that his Discworld series became; and how he met and coped with the challenges that 'The Embuggerance' of Alzheimer's brought with it.
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What the critics say

"Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive." (John Lloyd)

"Always readable, illuminating and honest. It made me miss the real Terry." (Neil Gaiman)

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A fitting tribute

I’ve never cried more listening to a book in my life. Sir Terry will be missed.

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Superb

Biographies can be interesting, sometimes disappointing (don't get to know your heroes and all that), or enlightening. This one, well it appears that Tak did a sixth thing - He wrote Terry Pratchett, and thus, himself.

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