I've been aware of Terry Pratchett for a very long while. I tried reading his books as a kid, but nothing really clicked at the time. After uni, Dad had left a few of his Discworld novels here... I started reading and fell in love.
Excepting Good Omens with Neil Gaiman, Dodger is the first non-Discworld book of Pratchett's that I've read.
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Spoilers for Dodger )