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Jingo
Jingo is a novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his phenomenally
popular 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)
uncover 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 reconnaisance.
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