I will admit to shedding manly tears in the final chapter of this book. Sir Pterry remains my favourite writer and Mr Burrows approaches him with love but not reverence, which is the hallmark of a decent biographer. It’s faults are that it is all-too-brief on Pratchett’s life while he was a successful author, concentrating on the novels and their impact more than the man himself. It’s also possible that the novels were Pratchett’s life at this time and that there is precious little to record outside of that. However, it is wonderful at recreating his early life and final years and has a robust go at estimating his reach on the world without giving us some judgement (wisely left to posterity, IMNSHO). One question that remains unanswered, though: as a native of Tasmania myself (though living in Western Australia these days), I would love to know the location of the house Terry was thinking of buying there!