Carpe Jugulum

, #23

Paperback, 425 pages

English language

Published Jan. 20, 1999 by Corgi Books.

ISBN:
978-0-552-14615-9
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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.

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Subjects

  • Fantasy - Epic
  • Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
  • Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Fantasy