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The Truth

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Mathew Baynton, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
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The audiobook of The Truth is narrated by Mathew Baynton, star of Ghosts, Yonderland and Horrible Histories. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'A lie can run round the world before the truth can get its boots on.'

William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork's first newspaper. Well, with a name like that…

Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.

It's a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story...

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a standalone.

The first book in the Discworld series—The Colour of Magic—was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©2000 Terry & Lyn Pratchett (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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"An unmitigated delight...very, very funny." (The Times)

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Brilliant

Took a while to get used to the voices after Stephen Briggs but after that it was flawless.

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Baynton aces it!

Great performance from Baynton really enhances one of Pratchett's best novels. A great anti-elite polemic.

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Excellent

One of my all-time favourites immaculately brought to life! I’d read the book twice as a young adult and yet found it just as entertaining as a much older person.

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Brilliant adaptation

great voices, wonderful story, one of my favourites. so glad I listened to this version, I finished it across 3 days straight!

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All Lies,…

This is a great book and I was sad to see it didn’t become its own series.

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So fun

Bit slow at the start but once the whole gang was together I couldn’t stop listening.

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Awesome book, great performance

I have to say this is one of the best performances of the new recordings. My compliments to the cast and crew

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Another classic. Not the best but still great.

Doesn’t quite match up to guards guards and a few other all time greats but still a great story.

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Fantastic

Terry Pratchett is great as per and the narration is fantastic. More Mathew Baynton/Discworld collab please!

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Enjoy the power of the ing press

One of my favourites and given a great treatment in this new series of audiobooks.

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