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Vimes shook some lather off the blade. Hah! I bet they have. Tell me, Willikins, did you fight much when you were a kid? Were you in a gang or anything?I was privileged to belong to the Shamlegger Street Rude Boys, sir, said the butler.Really? said Vimes, genuinely impressed. They were pretty tough nuts, as I recall.Thank you, sir, said Willikins smoothly. I pride myself I used to give somewhat more than I got if we needed to discuss the vexed area of turf issues with the young men from Rope Street. Stevedore's hooks were their weapon of choice, as I recall.And yours...? said Vimes, agog.A cap-brim sewn with sharpened pennies, sir. An ever-present help in times of trouble.Ye gods, man! You could put someone's eye out with something like that.With care, sir, yes, said Willikins, meticulously folding a towel.
Vimes shook some lather off the blade. Hah! I bet they have. Tell me, Willikins, did you fight much when you were a kid? Were you in a gang or anything?I was privileged to belong to the Shamlegger Street Rude Boys, sir, said the butler.Really? said Vimes, genuinely impressed. They were pretty tough nuts, as I recall.Thank you, sir, said Willikins smoothly. I pride myself I used to give somewhat more than I got if we needed to discuss the vexed area of turf issues with the young men from Rope Street. Stevedore's hooks were their weapon of choice, as I recall.And yours...? said Vimes, agog.A cap-brim sewn with sharpened pennies, sir. An ever-present help in times of trouble.Ye gods, man! You could put someone's eye out with something like that.With care, sir, yes, said Willikins, meticulously folding a towel.
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About Terry Pratchett
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001, he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007, Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed a television programme chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron for ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.