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Going Postal
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(Discworld Novel 33) (Discworld Novels)
By
Terry Pratchett
$13.28
Price includes NZ wide delivery! Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 480 pages | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 01 October 2005 |
Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's alling postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hall, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope... |
About the AuthorTerry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today.He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'.He was appointed OBE in 1998 and his first Discworld novel for children, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal.Going Postal is the twenty-ninth novel in his phenomenally successful Discworld series. PrizesTerry Pratchett puts his stamp on the new Discworld novel. Reviews"'A satirist of enormous talent' THE TIMES." "'Pratchett's joy in his creations, in jokes, puns, the idea of letters and language itself, makes Going Postal one of the best expressions of his unstoppable flow of comic invention'" The Times "'With all the puns, strange names and quick-fire jokes about captive letters demanding to be delivered, it's easy to miss how cross with injustice Pratchett can be. This darkness and concrete morality sets his work apart from imitators of his English Absurd school of comic fantasy'" Guardian "Going Postal again does justice to the author's peculiar vision. The weirdness of Discworld is appropiately captured in a tale of love and redemption which blends satire, humour and drama" The Daily Telegraph 20100529
| Publisher: | Corgi Books | | ISBN: | 0552149438 |
| EAN: | 9780552149433 | | Dimensions: | 17.0 x 10.0 x 3.0 centimeters (0.24 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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