Maskerade Book

So the fat lady sang and all was (almost) right with the world.
More tomorrow 😬🎶

Every time I read a Discworld novel, I think "oh these characters have got to be my favourite" ( at this point you can insert DEATH, Rincewind, The City Watch, The Wizards, The Witches), the annoying thing is that at the time of reading they are/were my favourite, until I read the next novel.

This novel, focussing on the witches, is based mainly in the opera house of Ankh-Morpork, although there is a wonderful chapter dealing with Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg's journey from the mountains of Lancre which had me sniggering for a good 15 minutes much to my wife's amusement.

Agnet Nitt a potential trainee witch from Lancre has decided to run away to the opera in Ankh-Morpork and with Magrat occupied as Queen, Granny and Nanny decide to head off to Ankh-Morpork to persuade Anges to return and be the third witch.

Already hired as a singer Agnes, now Perdita, has decided the opera is the life for her despite not getting the true recognition her singing deserves. Cue Esme and Gythia, add in a pseudo foreign male opera singer, but really Henry Slugg, add a dollop of Greebo and of course an operatic ghost, and mayhem ensues, orchestrated as ever by Granny Weatherwax, probably the smartest and most magical of witches ever, according to herself.

This book had me sniggering and even laughing out loud every 20 pages or so, it truly was an excellent novel, and for the time being, my favourite characters ? Well it has to be the Witches.