![]() The character was never mentioned again in the book, and it is unlikely he was fleshed out much further at the time, but the name was reused ten years later when Terry Pratchett wrote a book about this kind of Pied Piper scam. PRODUCT DETAILS Subtitle: (Discworld Novel 28) Format: eBook Category: Childrens Fiction, Animals Subjects: Fantasy & magical realism (Childrens / Teenage). Mr so-called Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents!’īased on this gag, Maurice appears to be some kind of travelling showman using his trained animals to pull off a con. ![]() He’d have got away with it in Pseudopolis as well if someone hadn’t recognised him. ‘Of course it bloody worked,’ said the Dean. ‘It worked, though,’ said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. ![]() He paid that glib bugger in the red and yellow tights a thousand gold pieces to get rid of ‘em.’ Lord Vetinari wouldn’t listen to us, oh no. Remember the rats last year? Seemed to be everywhere. The manuscript is all typed A4 and comes from Patricks personal collection which was recently auctioned off. The book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was published in 2001, but the title and core idea reference a throwaway gag in 1991’s Reaper Man. An early draft that was sent to Doubleday via editor Diane Pearson, who forwarded it with note to Patrick Janson-Smith (head), describing it as quite a serious book. It is likely that when the name Maurice was chosen Pratchett had not yet decided the character was a talking cat. The Amazing Maurice A Sky original based on the discworld novel, coming in 2022, starring Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville : r/Fantasy r/Fantasy 2 yr.
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