Carpe jugulum

416 pages

English language

Published Jan. 21, 2008 by Transworld Publishers Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-4070-3516-1
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Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third in the Discworld series. It was first published in 1998.In Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions of vampire literature, playing with the mythic archetypes and featuring a tongue-in-cheek reversal of 'vampyre' subculture with young vampires who wear bright clothes, drink wine, and stay up until noon.

11 editions

Subjects

  • Discworld (imaginary place), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, general