Jingo (novel)
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| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 21st novel – 4th City Watch story  |
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| Outline | |
| Characters: | Ankh-Morpork City Watch |
| Locations: | Ankh-Morpork Klatch |
| Motifs: | War, diplomacy, jingoism, racism and xenophobia |
| Publication details | |
| Year of release: | 1997 |
| Original publisher: | Victor Gollancz |
| Hardback ISBN: | ISBN 0-575-06540-0 |
| Paperback ISBN: | ISBN 0-552-14598-X |
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| Notes: | Advertisements stated "The Discworld has come of age" |
Jingo is the twenty-first novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his phenomenally popular Discworld series. It was published in 1997. In this story Pratchett comments on the jingoistic nature of people, and man's desire to attack others for perceived ills to mask his own.
The book deals with a war between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch over the island of Leshp, which unexpectedly rises from the sea after centuries of submersion. When Samuel Vimes (who regards war as just a really big crime that everyone is afraid to make a law against) uncovers signs of a conspiracy, he and the members of the City Watch, with the assistance of the mysterious 71-Hour Ahmed, try to bring a stop to the oncoming conflict. Meanwhile, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs find themselves drafted by The Patrician and Leonard of Quirm into using an experimental Going-Under-the-Water-Safely Device to travel to Klatch and do some reconnaissance.
The story appears to have been loosely based on the real-life island of Ferdinandea.
[edit] Translations
- Шовинист (Bulgarian) ("Chauvinist")
- Hrrr na ně! (Czech)
- Houzee! (Dutch)
- Patrioot (Estonian)
- Va-t-en-guerre (French)
- Fliegende Fetzen (German)
- Bogowie, honor, Ankh-Morpork (Polish) ("Gods, Honour, Ankh-Morpork" from "God, Honour, Fatherland")
- Патриот (Russian) ("Patriot")
[edit] Trivia
- "Doctorum Adamus cum Flabello Dulci," the honorary degree that Prince Khufurah receives at the Unseen University early in the novel means "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams," essentially "Doctor of Nothing at All"
- During an argument between various leaders of the Ankh-Morpork army one member pleads, "Gentlemen, no fighting please. This is, after all, a council of war." This parodies a line spoken in the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove.
