Going Postal

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352 pages

English language

Published Sept. 21, 2004 by Doubleday.

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978-0-385-60342-3
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Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig, instead of hanging for his confidence crimes, is given the job of Postmaster by supreme ruler Lord Vetinari. Resuscitating the moribund Postal Service might be an impossible task, with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every part of the broken-down post office building. Worse, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him.

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reviewed Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (31))

I can't believe I ever thought this was boring

so this is actually my second read through of this book, the first one being over 15 years ago. I only remembered finding this book a little boring, and thinking Moist was low key obnoxious. frankly, I don't know what the heck was wrong with me. this book is hilarious. I'm also realizing how many other "stand alone" discworld novels feature proto-Moists. anyhow, Vetinari is at his tyrannical best, Moist is hilarious and layered, Miss Dearheart is hardly even in this novel but is easily my favorite character, and the idea of dueling con men is more relevant than ever. strong five stars.

Subjects

  • Discworld (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.
  • Postal service -- Fiction.
  • Civil service -- Fiction.