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Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Aurélie Campana, Samuel Tanner: The Great Right North (Paperback, 2024, McGill-Queen’s University Press) No rating

In February 2021 the Canadian government published a considerably expanded list of domestic terrorist entities. …

Content warning canpol, racism, violence

Terry Pratchett: Night Watch (EBook, 2009, HarperCollins)

One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath …

I think I finally get it.

This is the first of Pratchett's novels that I've read to the end (I've certainly tried at least one before and didn't get anywhere) and I think I understand the attraction. Vimes is a thoroughly decent chap, in a messy world, and Pratchett weaves words of wisdom into a pretty entertaining story. I'm not sure it moved me enough to hoover up the rest of his books, but I at least understand why people like him so much.