Book: Going Postal

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Going Postal (Discworld #33)
Terry Pratchett
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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.

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Having read the 2 Moist Von Lipwig books in the wrong order, I sort of came to appreciate Vetirani's angel theory, because the ending of Going Postal (Discworld #33) sort of links up to the beginning of Making Money (Discworld #36). Therefore, when I reached the end of this book, Making Money just played itself through in my mind automatically.

It was fun.

I think that Pratchett has done it again: amidst all the cackles and gaggles throughout this book, there is a rather strong, underlying message. In this book, it's all about the show, people love a show, but better yet, and perhaps more important is - you may fool the world, but never yourself, and it sticks to your conscience no matter what.

Otto makes an appearance in this book and made me a happy kat. But then again, I'm now starting to like Moist himself as well!