Mort Summary
Terry Pratchett

Mort Summary

Mort, by Terry Pratchett, is a satirical comedy about how Death takes young Mort from the fields, teaches him to collect souls, and takes a holiday to experience human pleasures. In Death's absence, Mort prevents an assassination and needs strong magic to repair the rift in history. Death spares his wayward apprentice and returns to work.

Mort, an awkward, well-intentioned, and inquiring young farm boy apprentices to Death and accompanies him...

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