Teatime enlists the help of some gangsters to find a delivery person working for the Tooth Fairy, using his magic to break into her kingdom and stealing all the collected teeth. Teatime who has a reputation for ruthlessness and creative solutions. Forbidden to interfere directly by "The Rules", they pay the Assassin's Guild to kill the Hogfather instead. The Auditors of Reality, a group of "celestial bureaucrats" attempt to eliminate the Hogfather, a jolly god-like creature who brings children presents on December 32nd, similar to the figures of Santa Claus and Father Christmas in the US and UK. While Death attempts to fill in for the Hogfather, his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit tries to find and rescue the Hogfather.
The book focuses on the absence of the Hogfather, a mythical creature akin to Father Christmas, who grants children's wishes on Hogswatchnight (December 32) and brings them presents. It came in 137th place in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the most loved British books of all time, making it one of fifteen books by Pratchett in the Top 200. It was first released in 1996 and published by Victor Gollancz. which, in turn, has Death's level-headed granddaughter, Susan, racing to unravel the nasty, humbuggian mess before the holiday season goes straight to hell and takes everyone along with it.Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a 1997 British Fantasy Award nominee. Drastic measures must be taken, which is why Death himself is taking up the reins of the fat man's vacated sleigh. Suddenly Discworld's entire myth system is unraveling at an alarming rate. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly psychotic member of the Assassins' Guild and certain representatives of Ankh-Morpork's rather extensive criminal element.
Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly, old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless-and oddly familiar-universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. It's up to Death to take up the reigns-otherwise the sun won't shine tomorrow. But when the fat man goes missing, someone has to sit in. It's the most wonderful time of the year, Hogswatchnight, when the Hogfather himself dons his red suit and climbs in his sleigh pulled by-of course-eight hogs, to shower gifts across Discworld.
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