Product Description

Terry Pratchett puts his stamp on the new Discworld novel.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1497 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Released on: 2005-09-26
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 429 pages

Time Out
'Like many of Pratchett's best comic novels, it is a book about redemption ... Pratchett is never frivolous.'

Guardian
'This darkness and concrete morality sets his work apart from imitators of his English Absurd school of comic fantasy.'

Financial Times
'Pratchett...is the missing link between Douglas Adams and J.K. Rowling...Wit and imagination have gained him a fanatical readership.'

Customer Reviews

(audio cd .) just ok really
I think there must be an awful lot missed out in these audio books. Although I listen to them several times and 'get it' I dont find them very fullfilling somehow.
Perhaps I ought to try reading the books instead

Going great guns!
As a long-time Pratchett devotee I am bound to be positive about `Going Postal' but I have to say that I think it is one of his best yet. With television adaptations of `Hogfather' and `The Colour of Magic' successfully transferring the magic of Discworld from page to screen, I would love to see this book get the TV treatment next.
The (anti)hero of the story is the brilliantly named `Moist Von Lipwig', a petty crook and forger who is given the opportunity to avoid the gallows if he will take on the now-defunct Ankh Morpork post office. Little does Moist know that this will bring him into contact with a murderous banshee, a fatally obsessive pin collector, an octogenarian postal worker with a fetish for `herbal medicines' and a chain-smoking femme fatale who only wants to see him dead. These are just a few of Pratchett's latest creations as he treads his usual fine line between the macabre and slapstick comedy.
Pratchett's real talent though, lies in his ability to build on previous novels without becoming a slave to continuity. Going Postal reminds the reader of different aspects of the Discworld's regular cast - from Captain Carrot to Lord Vetinari and Golems to the Assassin's Guild. Having said this, the book works fine as a stand-alone novel, and those unfamiliar with the Discworld series will find this as good a starting point as any.

CLEVER..........................................
Moist Von Lipwig, is a wonderfully colourful character. Lord Vetinari (an outstanding character and one of my favourities), spares Moist from hanging in order that he can save the Post Office which has lapsed into decay. Through Moist, a competition arises with the Clack System which is run by corrupt business men. There is an abundance of fabulous Golems, Post Office employees, and Moist finds romance.
The Gnus working serepticiously to spread a Clack type virus through the system, is an outstanding idea.
Though this book is far from being one of Mr Pratchett's best, it is an enjoyable read. However, I did find the ending rather predictable and disappointing.