Going Postal (Discworld)

Pratchett, Terry

ISBN 10: 0060740884 ISBN 13: 9780060740887

Publisher: Harperaudio, 2004

Synopsis

Arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig never believed his crimes were hanging offenses -- until he found himself with a noose around his neck, dropping through a trap door, and falling into ... a government job? Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be an impossible task. Worse, the new Postmaster could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, money-hungry Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical head, Mr. Reacher Gilt.

But it says on the building NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLO M OF NI T ... Inspiring words (admittedly, some of the bronze letters have been stolen), and for once in his wretched life Moist is going to fight. And if the bold and impossible are what's called for, he'll do it -- to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and deliver that invaluable commodity that everyone requires: hope.

Performed by Stephen Briggs

About this title

Review:

"'Like many of Pratchett's best comic novels, it is a book about redemption ... There's a moral toughness here, which is one of the reasons why Pratchett is never merely frivolous.'" (Time Out)

"With all the puns, strange names and quick-fire jokes about captive letters demanding to be delivered, it's easy to miss how cross about injustice Terry Pratchett can be. This darkness and concrete morality sets his work apart from imitators of his English Absurd school of comic fantasy." (Guardian)

Book Description:

Terry Pratchett puts his stamp on the thirty-third Discworld novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperaudio
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060740884
• ISBN 13: 9780060740887
• Binding: Audio CD