Nation

Nation (Terry Pratchett's latest mega bestseller) made me laugh out loud 7 or 8 times, and cry real tears, accompanied by loud wracking sobs and rivers of snot, once. Sadly, I was on an aeroplane while all this happened so it was a bit embarrassing.

This is the best book TP has written since Thud. And probably in my all time top 5 of his books. It's charming, inventive, funny (see above), poignant (see also above) and above all, optimistic. I hesitate to recommend it to anyone who has recently undergone childbirth or who has small children (I ws utterly destroyed at one point, although I recovered eventually (obviously)) but anyone else who enjoys well written, thoughtful, inventive stories should score a copy as soon as possible.