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Description"IT S A RAT-EAT-RAT WORLD . . .Every town on Discworld knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice a streetwise tomcat leads a band of educated ratty friends (and a stupid kid) on a nice little earner. Piper plus rats equals lots and lots of money. Until they run across someone playing a different tune. Now he and his rats must learn a new concept- evil . . ." Reviews"An enticing and occasionally gory introduction to the master of flat earth... proves that the Pied Piper of Hamelin was a front for an insider-dealing scam... alongside the gags and pest-control politics, there are enough complex ideas about nature, nurture and understanding to satisfy a wide audience." Observer "One of Terry Pratchett's funniest creations of recent years... It all adds up to a wonderful book... hilarious, brilliantly constructed and, especially towards its conclusion, shot through with an edginess to balance the laughs." "A brilliant and bizarre reworking of that well-known folk tale about the Pied Piper of Hamlin |