1987 must have been a good year - and was definitely a busy year - for Terry Pratchett as in addition to Equal Rites he also published Mort.
From various articles I'd read I'd realised that it is generally regarded as one of the best (if not just the best) Discworld novel and I'd been looking forward to reading it very much. Also I'd loved the way that Death had appeared in each of the books I'd read so far, so the idea of making him a main character seemed a fascinating decision.
I'd studied The Pardoner's Tale for A Level and had enjoyed the story so much that I later wrote a stage adaptation that worked reasonably well, and obviously Death had a major role in it. Unfortunately Chaucer did not mention if Death had a horse, and, even if he had a horse, what its name was. I'd been watching too many early Bergman films when I wrote the play, but loved the references in Mort to game playing - monopoly?
So now on to Mort...
From various articles I'd read I'd realised that it is generally regarded as one of the best (if not just the best) Discworld novel and I'd been looking forward to reading it very much. Also I'd loved the way that Death had appeared in each of the books I'd read so far, so the idea of making him a main character seemed a fascinating decision.
I'd studied The Pardoner's Tale for A Level and had enjoyed the story so much that I later wrote a stage adaptation that worked reasonably well, and obviously Death had a major role in it. Unfortunately Chaucer did not mention if Death had a horse, and, even if he had a horse, what its name was. I'd been watching too many early Bergman films when I wrote the play, but loved the references in Mort to game playing - monopoly?
So now on to Mort...
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