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Going Postal (Discworld Novels)

by Terry Pratchett

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ISBN13: 9780413774477
ISBN10: 0413774473
Condition: Standard
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Moist von Lipwig was a con artist, a fraud, and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.

It was a tough decision.

With the help of a golem who has been at the bottom of a hole in the ground for over two hundred years, a pin fanatic, and Junior Postman Groat, he's got to see that the mail gets through. In taking on the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company and a midnight killer, he's also got to stay alive.

Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.

In the mad world of the mail, can a criminal succeed where honest men have failed and died? Perhaps there's a shot at redemption for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...

Going Postalisthe stage adaptation of Terry Pratchett's latest best-selling Discworld novel.

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The newest entry in Pratchett's internationally bestselling series is a splendid send-up of government, the postal system, and everything that lies in between.

Synopsis:

Stage adaptation of Terry Pratchett's latest best-selling Discworld novel.

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist, a fraud, and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way.

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Stephen Briggs is Terry Pratchett's chosen adaptor of his novels.
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crowyhead, October 29, 2007 (view all comments by crowyhead)
I actually liked this better the second time around, I think. Last time, I recall being a bit put off by the lack of familiar characters, but this time I was expecting it, so it didn't bother me. The whole thing's hilarious and thoughtful, as usual. Every time I read a Discworld book, there's one or two almost throw-away jokes/scenes that just kill me. In this case, there's two: the way that everything that the greengrocer says is punctuated with too many apostrophes (or should I say, "everything he say's is punctuated with too many apo'strophe's"?), and the whole thing about how it's ALWAYS a bad idea to go back to find the cat.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780413774477
Adapted:
Briggs, Stephen
Publisher:
A&C Black
Author:
Pratchett, Terry
Author:
Briggs, Stephen
Adapted:
Briggs, Stephen
Subject:
American
Subject:
Humorous
Subject:
Civil Service
Subject:
Postal service
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
General Drama
Subject:
Fantasy drama, English.
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Discworld Novels
Publication Date:
October 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
111
Dimensions:
786x512x34 24
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