Men at Arms (Discworld, #15) - Terry Pratchett

That was even better than I thought it would be. 

 

I'd like to think these books will always be in print.

 

I'll be thinking about this a bit and then trying to explain to myself why and how Pratchett manages to engage the "Realpolitiks Is the only real politics" part of my brain, with the angry "THIS CANNOT STAND" part of me and then, instead of exploding, have me smiling and going "I wish the world was like this."