Rob Wilkins worked with Terry Pratchett for more than twenty years, first as his personal assistant and later as his business manager. He now manages the Pratchett literary estate and Terry's production company, Narrativia.
Always readable, illuminating and honest. It made me miss the
real Terry. * Neil Gaiman *
Heart breaking and funny . . . sometimes joyfully, sometimes
painfully, intimate . . . it is wonderful to have this closeup
picture of the writer's working life. -- Frank Cottrell-Boyce *
Observer *
No one, after Pratchett's wife, Lyn, and daughter, Rhianna, knew
the author as well as Wilkins. I wept through the last 20 pages -
beautifully done - charting Pratchett's decline in a way that is
both sensitive and unsparing. * The Times *
The joy of this biography . . . is that it spins magic from
mundanity in precisely the way Pratchett himself did. * The
Telegraph *
Fond, funny and conveys a pitch-perfect sense of how Pratchett
managed to take the elements of his 1950s working-class childhood .
. . and turn it into a universe of limitless richness and
invention. * Mail on Sunday *
The friendship and affection between the pair shines through
every page . . . Of course, [Pratchett] fans will love the book . .
. and even casual readers will delight in tales of his
idiosyncratic passions. * Independent *
A biography almost as funny and perceptive as one of Terry's
novels . . . a rich, deeply affectionate portrait of a unique
personality . . . it's a joy to see the much-missed author spring
back into technicolour life in this fascinating and deeply moving
tribute. * Daily Express *
A moving and acutely observed account . . . Pratchett's magical
mind, and dementia, by the man who knew him best. * The Sunday
Times *
Wilkins has many advantages over most biographers, having not
only known his subject well, but taken down notes while he was
alive for his projected memoir. The result, at times, is like a
ventriloquist act, with Pratchett's voice and personality emerging
loud and clear. * The Herald *
Both more and less than a biography . . . the book is
attractively and sometimes emotionally written, full of insights
and revelations, in many ways the sort of thing Prathett might have
written about himself, proud of what has been done, honest about
the process . . . the whole affair is written with intelligence and
compassion. -- Christopher Priest * The Times Literary
Supplement *
Lively and affectionate, this is not a critical biography, but
nor is it sycophantic. It shows Pratchett as brilliant and
generous, but also cantakerous, with a ruthless sense of the
ridiculous. * i News *
A fabulous addition to any Pratchett library. * SFX *
It isn't surprising that what most recommends this book is the
anecdotes, amusing or sombre or often a mix of the two . . . It
captures the spirit of Pratchett's writing by telling hard truths
through an enjoyable-to-read layer and inspires rage, laughter and
sadness in turns. * The Sydney Morning Herald *
A captivating and in-depth account . . . [the] use of first-hand
source material is very effective in relaying Pratchett's own take
on many aspects of his life and career and, with Wilkins' additions
and occasional fact-checking, it makes for a highly readable and
enjoyable biography. * The AU Review *
Wilkins is a faithful and comprehensive documenter of
Pratchett's life . . . moving and sensitive. * Canberra Times *
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