![]() But there is also those behind the attack on Simplicity, and they will stop at nothing to get her back. There's Charlie, the journalist and aspiring novelist, and associate Henry,both well-to-do men who are concerned about the state of London's poor. But when Dodger saves the life of a young woman, calling herself Simplicity, who escapes from a carriage, he finds himself under unwanted attention from corners both benign and malevolent. And so many people in the rookeries and other low places of London know him. ![]() ![]() The street-savvy kid known as Dodger is a little more fortunate than most, in that he has lodgings and a man looking after him. The life of a tosher is a hard one, scavenging valuables from the muck of London's sewers. ![]() And anyone thinking that this will be a Pratchettian take on Oliver Twist is in for a twist themselves. ![]() Now, four years later, he comes to Victorian London, a setting that seems so much like Ankh-Morpork of the Discworld books. In 2008, Pratchett published the alternate history novel Nation, a good but serious work. Much of Terry Pratchett's output is occupied by his famous Discworld series, but of late, it seems that he is making a comeback to original novels, particularly for younger readers. ![]()
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