A collection of comic tales published pseudonymously in the 1970s and 80s is slight, but shows sparks of the brilliance to come There's a kind of grim joke in this title. When, in 2007, Terry Pratchett experienced the first symptoms of the posterior cortical atrophy that went on to kill him, his doctors said he had had a minor stroke. He hadn't. What he had was much more severe. But he continued writing, releasing four more Discworld novels between 2008 and when he died in 2015. He left behind t...
A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett review - newly discovered early stories
The Guardian - 11 Oct 2023 08:30
A collection of comic tales published pseudonymously in the 1970s and 80s is slight, but shows sparks of the brilliance to come There's a kind of grim joke in this title. When, in 2007, Terry Pratchett experienced the first symptoms of the posterior cortical atrophy that went on to kill him, his doctors said he had had a minor stroke. He hadn't. What he had was much more severe. But he continued writing, releasing four more Discworld novels between 2008 and when he died in 2015. He left behind t...
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