"Pratchett can make you giggle helplessly and then grin grimly at the sharpness of his wit." -"Daily Mail" But if the bold and undoable are what's called for, Moist's the man for the job-to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every being, human or otherwise requires: hope. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical headman. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office. a government job?īy all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into. (And here he'd thought that all he'd have to face was rain, snow, and gloom of night. Instead, they want him dead-deader than all those dead letters.
To top it all off, shadowy characters don't want the mail moved. And you really wouldn't want to know what his new girlfriend can do with a shoe. Now, the former criminal is facing really big problems. But if the bold and undoable are what's called for, Moist's the man for the job-to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every being, human or otherwise requires: hope.Ī splendid send-up of government, the postal system, and everything that lies in between in this newest entry in Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling Discworld series.Ĭonvicted con man and forger Moist von Lipwig is given a choice: Face the hangman's noose, or get Ankh Morpork's ancient Post Office up and running efficiently!
a government job?By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. About the Book Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into.
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