Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
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Hogfather
(Discworld Novel 20)

Author: Terry Pratchett

Series: Discworld Novels #20

Narrator: Tony Robinson

Abridged: 3 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/04/2007


Synopsis

It's the night before Hogswatch. And it's too quiet. There's snow, there're robins, there're trees covered with decorations, but there's a notable lack of the big fat man who delivers the toys... He's gone.

Susan the governess has got to find him before morning, otherwise the sun won't rise. And unfortunately her only helpers are a raven with an eyeball fixation, the Death of Rats and an oh god of hangovers.

Worse still, someone is coming down the chimney. This time he's carrying a sack instead of a scythe, but there's something regrettably familiar...

Ho. Ho. Ho. It's true what they say.

'You'd better watch out...'

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on July 03, 2021

Father Christmas should watch out who is his sick leave substitute, although even a strange rebranding won´t be able to stop the commercialization of sticky, superficial holiday bliss. Power vacuums are nasty things, just imagine what happens if an unimportant, human factor disappears, weakens, or ch......more

Goodreads review by [ J o ] on April 09, 2024

"IT IS THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN WHICH MAKE YOU HUMAN. GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS, IT'S ALL THE SAME." Hogfather itself concerns the Discworld, where there are things that control the Universe called The Auditors and they do not like Humans, because Humans are messy. Well, they did invent dullnes......more

Goodreads review by Melindam on December 21, 2025

HAPPY HOGSWATCH, CHILDREN!🐗🎅🩻 Also, as I have been tormented by trying to dig up stuff for blasted auditors during the last few days, you can imagine the relish with which I've been listening, especially to the end of the story (with a secretive smile on my face whenever I encountered them)! ---------......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 25, 2024

Re-Read (again) on 12/25/24: Wonderful, and generally getting better with EVERY re-read. It's just one of those Discworld novels that age so well. What do I want to ask Hogfather? A good Hogswatch every year. Custom crossbows are optional. And yes, I'm still afraid of the tooth fairy, and Teatime is mer......more

Goodreads review by Lena on December 23, 2025

A gentle reminder that Christmas has pagan origin. Pratchett delivers as usual: intriguing plot, interesting characters, witty comments and subtle thought provoking. Nice story to get yourself some holiday spirit.......more


Quotes

'Has the energy of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the inventiveness of Alice in Wonderland...It has also an intelligent wit and a truly original grim and comic grasp of the nature of things' The Sunday Times

'Our best comic novelist' New Scientist

I'm addicted to Terry Pratchett' A.S. Byatt