Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
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Going Postal

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Stephen Briggs

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/25/2005


Synopsis

“[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 ChronicleThe 33rd installment in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, a splendid send-up of government, the postal system, and everything that lies in between.Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into . . . 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. 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. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical headman. 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.

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

About Stephen Briggs

Stephen Briggs lives in Oxfordshire and has been involved in the world of amateur dramatics for many years. Oxford Studio Theatre Club staged his adaptations of Wyrd Sisters, Mort, Guards! Guards!, and many others. As well as compiling The Discworld Companion, The New Discworld Companion, and, now, Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far, he has also co-authored the Discworld Diaries, the Mapps, and voices the UK and US Discworld audiobooks.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews on June 14, 2022

Check out my YouTube channel where I show my instant reactions upon finishing fantasy books. 4.5 stars. The best plot of any Discworld book thus far, but falls short on the comedy. When you have read 32 Discworld books, you pretty much know what you are going to get by the 33rd. A short book which......more

Goodreads review by Anne on September 04, 2020

3.5 stars This is only my 2nd Discworld book, so technically, I've skipped over 32 books to get to Going Postal. 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. The first several hours we......more

Goodreads review by Melindam on April 21, 2025

HOPE OF DELIVERANCE – As This Postman Rings at Least Three Times (or Probably More) Every time I reread this book, I fall in love with it even more. The audio experience with Stephen Briggs is just perfect! WE ARE HIRING! WANTED: Postmaster General LOCATION: the Great Wahooni, aka the City that never sl......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on December 26, 2022

Dysfunctional bureaucracy and state owned companies get shown how it´s not to be done by a frivolous trickster. Light before dark It´s one of the best and last really easygoing and not partly dark and grim novels Pratchett wrote, with a level, quality, and density of laughs I can hardly remember from......more

Goodreads review by Magrat on June 16, 2021

****Mañana vlog en el canal hablando muuuucho sobre este libro (entre otras cosas)******* El libro MÁS VICTORIANO de Terry Pratchett. Claremente un libro hecho para mi. Obviamente, me ha encantado, me lo he pasado pipa y Húmedo es uno de esos protagonitas que se van a quedar conmigo. Es cierto que qui......more