Although not common on the
Discworld there are, indeed, such things as anti-crimes, in accordance with the
fundamental law that everything in the multiverse has an opposite. They are, obviously, rare. Merely giving someone something is not the
opposite of robbery; to be an anti-crime, it has to be done in such a way as to
cause outrage and/or humiliation to the victim. So there is breaking-and-decorating,
proffering-with-embarrassment (as in most retirement presentations) and
whitemailing (as in threatening to reveal to his enemies a mobster’s secret
donations, for example, to charity).
Anti-crimes have never really caught on.
(from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett)
9½*/10.
The complete review is here.
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