For anyone looking to get into Pratchett for the first time, Guards! Guards! is probably still my top recommendation as a starter, but Going Postal is perhaps even more accessible.

are utterly delightful and the humour is still great. The Watch will always hold the most special place in my heart, but Moist and co. I’ve seen some (rather cruel and sad) comments that Pratchett’s tragic battle with Alzheimers was beginning to show in these books, but I honestly think they are just brilliant. Fusspot comes across some toys of a different variety than he’s used to, by the end I was laughing fit to burst. Between every scene with Cosmo and an extended bit where Mr. The true brilliance here is the antagonist, Cosmo Lavish (how does Pratchett come up with such great names?), and his obsession with trying to rival Lord Vetinari. Moist goes from making paper stamps to making paper money (no surprise there). Vetinari is less of an antagonist in this one here Moist is drawn into the action through the shrewd conniving of an old lady… and a hapless dog, Mr. This time, it’s turning around the fortunes of the Ankh Morpork bank. Making Money follows a similar pattern: a reluctant Moist is sucked into a scheme only a con-artist can win. Moist has to avoid: not getting killed by a golem, becoming too much like the losers at the Post Office, evil corporate tech magnates, and not getting too interested in the chain-smoking, sarcastic, and inaptly named Adora Belle Dearheart. (Stamp collectors are definitely involved, except before stamps they had to collect… pins.) Any book with Lord Vetinari in it is a book I am bound to love: this one is wonderful for having Vetinari in a largely antagonistic role (even if it is, as always, for the good of the city).

Moist accepts the challenge with the intention of leaving at the earliest opportunity, but somehow he gets drawn in… The ‘revolution’ here is Moist’s brilliant invention: stamps.

Vetinari saves him from the gallows (literally) and offers him a choice: he can take over the failing post office, or walk out the door (into a dark pit). In Going Postal, Moist von Lipwig is a con artist, and one of the best, but he’s still no match for Lord Havelock Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. I am almost through all the Watch books now (my favourites), and decided to listen to the audiobooks for some of Pratchett’s later ‘industrial revolution’ novels featuring the brilliantly named Moist von Lipwig: Going Postal and Making Money–the latter of which makes this a perfect match for the Money bingo square! (To clarify: I’m reviewing two books, but counting only one of them towards Bingo.) They are perfect palate cleansers for heavier books or for when I just need a good laugh.

Continuing on my quest to read through Terry Pratchett’s marvelous Discworld series (why did I not start before two years ago?!).

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