Lord Vetinari has tasked him with reviving the defunct postal service as an alternative to the increasingly corrupt and broken clacks. But when the noose goes around his neck, he wakes up again… in a government job. There’s some references to other characters, but new readers should have no trouble keeping up.Moist von Lipwig is a conman and a thief, and he’s about to die. Going Postal is the thirty-third Discworld novel and a fairly good one to start with as it follows a new character. This time he plays with the idea of Hope and its opposite, fear, corporate greed, collecting mania, doing the impossible, pokes fun at professional wrestling in the most highly organized bar brawl ever and more.

Pump.As with most Discworld novels my favorite part is how Pratchett deftly works in deeper themes into his books while still keeping them funny. The supporting cast we're introduced to is enjoyable and quirky and human, even the golem Mr. I'm glad he's given more page time in this installment. Moist also has some of the most wonderful conversations with Vetinari, which highlights just how brilliant a character Vetinari is. Pratchett does a great job of letting us see that Moist has a underlying decency when dealing with most people at an individual level even though technically he's a con man. For a character that should have been despicable, I found Moist to be quite likable and sympathetic. It's interesting that for a 33rd book in the series you can almost use it as an entry point without missing out on much more than a couple character cameos. This is the first book to feature Moist von Lipwig and the fourth in the Industrial Revolution sub-series. Going Postal is the 33rd book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. not dead and offered a job? Lord Vetinari offers Moist the chance at redemption by being named Postmaster and getting the old Postal Service back up and running again. With his neck in the noose, Moist watches the hangman pull the lever and wakes up. What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.Moist von Lipwig's life of crime has finally caught up with him.

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