Jingo (novel)

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Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 21^st novel – 5^th City Watch story
Outline
Characters:	Ankh-Morpork City Watch
Locations:	Ankh-Morpork Klatch
Motifs:	War, diplomacy, jingoism, racism and xenophobia
Publication details
Year of release:	1997
Original publisher:	Victor Gollancz
Hardback ISBN:	ISBN 0-575-06540-0
Paperback ISBN:	ISBN 0-552-14598-X
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Notes:	Advertisements stated "The Discworld has come of age"

Jingo is the twenty-first novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his Discworld series. It was published in 1997. In this story Pratchett comments on the jingoistic nature of people, and man's desire to attack others for perceived ills to mask his own.

The book deals with a war between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch over the island of Leshp, which unexpectedly rises from the sea after centuries of submersion. When Samuel Vimes (who regards war as just a really big crime that everyone is afraid to make a law against) uncovers signs of a conspiracy, he and the members of the City Watch, with the assistance of the mysterious 71-Hour Ahmed, try to bring a stop to the oncoming conflict. Meanwhile, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs find themselves drafted by The Patrician and Leonard of Quirm into using an experimental Going-Under-the-Water-Safely Device to travel to Klatch and do some reconnaissance.

The story appears to have been loosely based on the real-life island of Ferdinandea.

[edit] Translations

Шовинист (Bulgarian) ("Chauvinist")
Hrrr na ně! (Czech)
Houzee! (Dutch)
Patrioot (Estonian)
Va-t-en-guerre (French)
Fliegende Fetzen (German) ("Sparks Fly")
Bogowie, honor, Ankh-Morpork (Polish) ("Gods, Honour, Ankh-Morpork" from "God, Honour, Fatherland")
Патриот (Russian) ("Patriot")

[edit] Trivia

"Doctorum Adamus cum Flabello Dulci," the honorary degree that Prince Khufurah receives at the Unseen University early in the novel means "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams," essentially "Doctor of Nothing at All"

During an argument between various leaders of the Ankh-Morpork army one member pleads, "Gentlemen, no fighting please. This is, after all, a council of war." This parodies a line spoken in the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove.

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Reading Order Guide

Preceded by Hogfather	21^st Discword Novel	Succeeded by The Last Continent
Preceded by Feet of Clay	5^th City Watch Story Published in 1997	Succeeded by The Fifth Elephant

Terry Pratchett's Discworld

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Novels:	The Colour of Magic – The Light Fantastic – Equal Rites – Mort – Sourcery – Wyrd Sisters – Pyramids – Guards! Guards! – Eric – Moving Pictures – Reaper Man – Witches Abroad – Small Gods – Lords and Ladies – Men at Arms – Soul Music – Interesting Times – Maskerade – Feet of Clay – Hogfather – Jingo – The Last Continent – Carpe Jugulum – The Fifth Elephant – The Truth – Thief of Time – The Last Hero – The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents – Night Watch – The Wee Free Men – Monstrous Regiment – A Hat Full of Sky – Going Postal – Thud! – Wintersmith – Making Money - I Shall Wear Midnight
Short Stories:	Troll Bridge – Theatre of Cruelty – The Sea and Little Fishes – Death and What Comes Next
Other books:	The Discworld Companion – The Science of Discworld – The Science of Discworld II: The Globe – The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch – The Pratchett Portfolio – The Art of Discworld – The Unseen University Challenge – The Wyrdest Link – The Streets of Ankh-Morpork – The Discworld Mapp – A Tourist Guide to Lancre – Death's Domain – Nanny Ogg's Cookbook – The Discworld Almanak – Where's My Cow? – The Unseen University Cut Out Book – The Discworld Diaries – Once More With Footnotes*
Games:	The Colour of Magic – Discworld – Discworld 2 – Discworld MUD – Discworld Noir – GURPS Discworld – Thud