Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

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Which of the following is not a reason the speaker likes the book?
The book has memorable details.
The book is a serious exploration of death.
The book has clever parallels to the real world.
The book has funny characters.
In the context of the passage, what does 'cast' mean?
A group of characters
A detailed analysis
A magic ritual
A physical appearance
According to the talk, which types of books does the speaker like?
Romance
History
Fantasy
Mystery
The first book that I ever read by Terry Pratchett was called, Men at Arms.
It follows a group of, rather strange individuals, who are in the city watch, or the police of a city called Ankh-Morpork.
It's a fictional_ disc world that they live on.
And, characters comprise wizards and witches, gholands and trolls. Dwarfs and giants.
And, it's an absolutely incredible cast.
Some of the characters are, very very funny.
Most of them you can relate to somebody that you know.
And, it's very good to read.
Men at Arms, is the funniest disc world model that I've ever read.
Its parallels with our modern world, are, very, clever.
He manages to have no technology, on their world.
Yet, so many things can be invented with imps and devils, and things like that.
People have their personal electronic organisers. Which are, worked by imps with, special memories.
That know what's going on in the future, and they can tell you all about it.
Um, Death turns up in quite a few books.
And, unlike most people's traditional view of Death.
In these books he rides around on a large white horse called 'Binkie'.
And, there are very many things like that, which can cause quite a lot of humour.