The gist is that this lovable con artist gets executed for his crimes.but not really. I mean, I'm sure I missed out on a lot of inside jokes, but since I didn't think the regular jokes were particularly hilarious, I'm 100% ok with that.
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And on the upside, you really don't need to have read any of the other books in the series to understand what is going on. It wasn't necessarily what I would personally call 'funny' but it was clever. The first several hours were kind of boring and unfunny (to me) so I ended up giving up on it and listening to a few romance novels and a Sherlock Holmes story before I came back and finished it out.īasically, I ran out of other stuff to listen to and was forced into it. I didn't care for the 1st book in the series, but this one kept getting recommended to me over and over again, so I thought I'd give the audiobook version a shot. This is only my 2nd Discworld book, so technically, I've skipped over 32 books to get to Going Postal. The first several hours were kind of boring and unfunny (to me) so I ended up giving up on it and listening to a few romance novels and a Sherlock Holmes story before I came back and finished it out.
And if the bold and impossible are what's called for, he'll do it - in order to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every human being (not to mention troll, dwarf, and, yes, even golem) requires: hope.moreģ.5 stars This is only my 2nd Discworld book, so technically, I've skipped over 32 books to get to Going Postal. Reacher Gilt.īut it says on the building Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Glom of Nit.Inspiring words (admittedly, some of the bronze letters have been stolen), and for once in his wretched life Moist is going to fight. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, money-hungry Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical head, Mr. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Since his only other option is a nonliving one, Moist accepts the position - and the hulking golem watchdog who comes along with it, just in case Moist was considering abandoning his responsibilities prematurely. Instead, it's Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, who promptly offers him a job as Postmaster. Sinc Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses - until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into.a government job?īy all rights, Moist should have met his maker. Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses - until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into.a government job? By all rights, Moist should have met his maker.
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