By Terry Pratchett.
It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A’Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation…
Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.
After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death’s apprentice.
Mort is a young man looking for a job who gets taken on as Death’s apprentice. Death is one of the Discworld character who often appears in the Discworld novels. He likes cats, and spicy food but decides that he needs a holiday so takes on Mort.
Naturally, it all goes wrong for Mort as he falls in love with a princess he meets on his first outing as Death and altering the future. The Discworld, however, has a way of self-correcting itself which isn’t aimed at helping Mort’s love life.
Full of the usual funny one-liners and wit and cynicism.
