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At the time of his death in 2015 awardwinning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet his own

At six years old Terry was told by his headteacher that he would never amount to anything He spent the rest of his life proving that teacher wrong At sixtysix Terry had lived a life full of achievements becoming one of the UKs bestselling writers winning the Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood for services to literature

Following his untimely death from Alzheimers disease the mantle of completing Terrys memoir was passed to Rob Wilkins his former assistant friend and now head of the authors literary estate

Drawing on his own extensive memories along with those of Terrys family friends fans and colleagues Rob recounts Terrys extraordinary story from his early childhood to the literary phenomenon that his Discworld series became and how he met and coped with the challenges that The Embuggerance of Alzheimers brought with it

Of all the dead authors in the world Terry Pratchett is the most alive John Lloyd

Always readable illuminating and honest It made me miss the real Terry Neil Gaiman

Rob Wilkins 2022 P Penguin Audio 2022