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Going Postal

A Discworld Novel

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Going Postal

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Richard Coyle, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
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“Pratchett’s books are almost always better than they have to be, and Going Postal is no exception, full of nimble wordplay, devious plotting and outrageous situations, but always grounded in an astute understanding of human nature.”—San Francisco Chronicle

A splendid send-up of government bureaucracy, corruption, the postal system, and everything in between in this ingenious entry in Sir Terry Pratchett’s internationally bestselling Discworld series.

By all rights, Arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig should be meeting his maker at the end of a noose. Instead, Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, has made him the city’s Postmaster General. Death may be preferable to fixing the Postal Service—a creaky, outdated institution beset by eccentric employees, mountains of old, undelivered mail Moist swears is talking to him, and a dangerous secret order. To restore the postal service to its former glory, Moist accepts the help of the tough talking and very attractive activist Adora Belle Dearheart.

But to succeed, Moist must overcome two formidable foes—new technology and the greedy chairman of a communication monopoly who will stop at nothing to delay Ankh-Morpork’s post for good . . .

The Discworld novels can be enjoyed in any order, but Going Postal is the first book in the Moist von Lipwig series. The series, in order, includes:

Going Postal

Making Money

Raising Steam

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Love this story

This is my favorite Terry Prachett book and Audible version is great. Good cast on the narration.

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a great take on it

this is one of my favorite discworld books and I think this version did it justice.

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One of the three greatest Discworld books!

This book alongside guards guards! And Small Gods are truly the best books within the Discworld series. You can tell Sir Terry really put his great talent into these three books!

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height of his powers

I've loved this book for years. I think it is the height of his story-telling powers. The book has a great story. The psychology of the characters is presented and contributed to the story. The performance is great.

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Making the post interesting

I found myself continuously fascinated by the subtle lessons about economies of scale, currency, market forces, and corporate espionage that Pratchett includes in the story. Long gone are the days of Octarine fire and invisible dragons. Those have been replaced with grounded fiction somewhere between historical and fantasy. Pratchett's clever style and quick wit remain constant though.

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Fabulous production!

Prachett at his best and an excellent narration team to present it. I highly recommend this book.

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This is hilarious, with excellent narration.

This might be my new favorite Pratchett. It's both humorous and touching. And clever. Did I mention clever?

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Great audio performance

Richard Coyle reprises his performance as Moist Von Lipwig in this fantastic edition of Going Postal. Coyle does an amazing job with all of the characters. Looking forward to Coyle’s rendition of Making Money.

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Sir Terry understands the world.

I’m not talking about disc world, Sir Terry understood people and how things work. His work is full of humor and truth. A fun and funny book. Read/listen to them all.

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The fact that it was good.

My pet gerbil named bob helped me read it. Best experience ever. The post cult of old people was really funny.

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