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liked this book because it was not something that I would normally read, I've read other reviews that complained about the size of the cast, but really I feel that nearly every character was necessary.
If you are staging a militarytype scene, you are going to need a militarysized cast, My only real complaint about this book would have to be some of the word choices, I knew enough to guess the meaning in most cases, but a lot of words in this book I just haven't seen before.

If you are a fan of Diana Wynne Jones, snarky political comedies, or outright farces, then give this book a try.
Despite Diana Wynne Jones being my favorite author, this book is definitely my least favorite of hers, The plot is hard to follow, with lots of characters, and she often will jump between multiple characters in different locations within a single paragraph.
I understand that this is a style choice, but it led to a very difficulttofollow novel, If I understand correctly, this was her first novel, so it is understandable that she might have had some issues, but ordinarily her books are extremely easy to follow, which is part of what makes them so enjoyable.
In a comedy of errors of epic proportions, Diana Wynne Jones's first novel is wildly confusing, at times hard to follow, and unmistakably Diana.
I loved it. Yes, it lacks magic or science fiction, Yes, the cast is enormous, Yes it takes some time to get into, But Diana operates on a level beyond ours, and honestly I've come to expect a certain level of confusion from some of her books.
It's part of her genius,

I don't think this book is for everyone, But I can't separate my sentimentality from my enjoyment of the novel, or my rating of it, Diana Wynne Jones is my favourite author of all time, I have been working my way through her catalogue since I was ten years old, Tracking down a copy of this book was no easy or cheap feat, This is the last new Diana book I will ever read, I will treasure this forever, and even if the story itself lacked a lot of her later hallmarks, it lacked none of her charm.


Wow, this must be Diana Wynne Jones worst book ever! Hundreds of characters, confusing conversations and an uninteresting story.
And no magic, wtf My last DWJ was her first, Reprinted for the first time in more thanyears first paperback edition contains a new introduction The Origins of Changeover

The story

It is thes and the small African country Nmkwami is preparing for independence from Britain.
The prime minister is looking forward to becoming the first president, The last colonial governor is looking forward to a quiet retirement, The ordinary people are looking forward to a good party, But into this peaceful scene comes the shadowy figure of Mark Changeover, Is he an international terrorist An anarchist bomber Or really, nobody at all

As the hunt for Changeover brings chaos and confusion to Nmkwami, Diana Wynne Jones has fun with colonial attitudes, communist students, military coups and more

From Moondust Books, the publisher Diana was born in London, the daughter of Marjorie née Jackson and Richard Aneurin Jones, both of whom were teachers.
When war was announced, shortly after her fifth birthday, she was evacuated to Wales, and thereafter moved several times, including periods in Coniston Water, in York, and back in London.
Inher family finally settled in Thaxted, Essex, where her parents worked running an educational conference centre, There, Jones and her two younger sisters Isobel later Professor Isobel Armstrong, the literary critic and Ursula later an actress and a childrens writer spent a childhood left chiefly to their own devices.
After attending the Friends School Saffron Walden, she studied English at St Annes College in Oxford, where s Diana was born in London, the daughter of Marjorie née Jackson and Richard Aneurin Jones, both of whom were teachers.
When war was announced, shortly after her fifth birthday, she was evacuated to Wales, and thereafter moved several times, including periods in Coniston Water, in York, and back in London.
Inher family finally settled in Thaxted, Essex, where her parents worked running an educational conference centre, There, Jones and her two younger sisters Isobel later Professor Isobel Armstrong, the literary critic and Ursula later an actress and a children's writer spent a childhood left chiefly to their own devices.
After attending the Friends School Saffron Walden, she studied English at St Anne's College in Oxford, where she attended lectures by both C.
S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien before graduating in. In the same year she married John Burrow, a scholar of medieval literature, with whom she had three sons, Richard, Michael and Colin.
After a brief period in London, inthe couple returned to Oxford, where they stayed until moving to Bristol in.
According to her autobiography, Jones decided she was an atheist when she was a child, Jones started writing during the mids "mostly to keep my sanity", when the youngest of her three children was about two years old and the family lived in a house owned by an Oxford college.
Beside the children, she felt harried by the crises of adults in the household: a

sick husband, a mother in law, a sister, and a friend with daughter.
Her first book was a novel for adults published by Macmillan in, entitled Changeover, It originated as the British Empire was divesting colonies she recalled inthat it had "seemed like every month, we would hear that yet another small island or tiny country had been granted independence.
"Changeover is set in a fictional African colony during transition, and begins as a memo about the problem of how to "mark changeover" ceremonially is misunderstood to be about the threat of a terrorist named Mark Changeover.
It is a farce with a large cast of characters, featuring government, police, and army bureaucracies sex, politics, and news.
In, when Rhodesia declared independence unilaterally one of the last colonies and not tiny, "I felt as if the book were coming true as I wrote it.
"Jones' books range from amusing slapstick situations to sharp social observation Changeover is both, to witty parody of literary forms.
Foremost amongst the latter are The Tough Guide To Fantasyland, and its fictional companion pieces Dark Lord of Derkholmand Year of the Griffin, which provide a merciless though not unaffectionate critique of formulaic sword and sorcery epics.
The Harry Potter books are frequently compared to the works of Diana Wynne Jones, Many of her earlier children's books were out of print in recent years, but have now been re issued for the young audience whose interest in fantasy and reading was spurred by Harry Potter.
Jones' works are also compared to those of Robin McKinley and Neil Gaiman, She was friends with both McKinley and Gaiman, and Jones and Gaiman are fans of each other's work she dedicated hernovel Hexwood to him after something he said in conversation inspired a key part of the plot.
Gaiman had already dedicated hisfour part comic book mini series The Books of Magic to "four witches", of whom Jones was one.
For Charmed Life, the first Chrestomanci novel, Jones won theGuardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once in a lifetime award by The Guardian newspaper that is judged by a panel of children's writers.
Three times she was a commended runner upa for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book: for Dogsbody, Charmed Life, and the fourth Chrestomanci book The Lives of Christopher Chant.
She won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, children's section, infor The Crown of Dalemark, sitelink.