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Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 21st novel – 4th City Watch story
Outline
Characters:	Ankh-Morpork City Watch
Locations:	Ankh-Morpork Klatch
Motifs:	War, diplomacy, jingoism, racism and xenophobia
Publication details
Year of release:	1997
Original publisher:	Victor Gollancz
Hardback ISBN:	ISBN 0-575-06540-0
Paperback ISBN:	ISBN 0-552-14598-X
Other details
Awards:
Notes:	Advertisements stated "The Discworld has come of age"

Jingo is the twenty-first novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his Discworld series. It was published in 1997.

The book deals with a war between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch over the island of Leshp, which unexpectedly rises from the sea after centuries of submersion. When Samuel Vimes uncovers signs of a conspiracy, he and the members of the City Watch, with the assistance of the mysterious 71-Hour Ahmed, try to bring a stop to the oncoming conflict. Meanwhile, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs find themselves drafted by The Patrician into using an experimental Going-Under-the-Water-Safely Device to travel to Klatch and do some reconnaissance.

A similar real life incident happened in 1831 off the coast of Sicily when an underwater volcano produced the island of Ferdinandea. As in the book several nations contested for the new land and while they were arguing it eroded back into the sea by 1832.

• Шовинист (Bulgarian) ("Chauvinist")
• Hrrr na ně! (Czech)(an old Hussite battle cry)
• Houzee! (Dutch) (Hoezee is an oldfashioned battle cry, whereas Hou ze! means someting like Hold them!)
• Patrioot (Estonian)
• Pojat urhokkaat (Finnish) ("Men of Bravery" taken from often used military march "Porilaisten marssi")
• Va-t-en-guerre (French)
• Fliegende Fetzen (German) ("Flying Sparks")
• Bogowie, honor, Ankh-Morpork (Polish) ("Gods, Honour, Ankh-Morpork" from "God, Honour, Fatherland")
• Патриот (Russian) ("Patriot")
• ¡Voto a Bríos! (Spanish)

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• "Doctorum Adamus cum Flabello Dulci," the honorary degree that Prince Khufurah receives at the Unseen University early in the novel means "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams," essentially "Doctor of Nothing at All"

• During an argument between various leaders of the Ankh-Morpork army the Patrician ironically states, "Gentlemen, no fighting please. This is, after all, a council of war." This parodies a line spoken in the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove.

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• Quotes from Jingo

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