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The joke works because the question is treated with solemn seriousness, then answered with disarming simplicity. It points to the way affection can cut through despair, and how the ordinary can become the deepest reason for carrying on. It lands as a dry, tender answer in the middle of gloom, where a surprising small pleasure suddenly makes life feel bearable.
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About Terry Pratchett
English author, humorist, and satirist
Sir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist. He is best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels, published between 1983 and 2015, and for Good Omens, the apocalyptic comedy novel he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman in 1990. Pratchett built a long career around fiction that mixes fantasy, satire, and humor. His best-known work, Discworld, spans 41 novels and made him a defining voice in comic fantasy. Good Omens extends that same wit into a story of the apocalypse, written with Neil Gaiman.
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Books by Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic
1990
Good Omens
2006
Guards! Guards!
2020
Wintersmith
2007
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