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| Going Postal | 
 enlarge | Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Corgi Audio
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 38200
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0552152285
EAN: 9780552152280
ASIN: 0552152285
Publication Date: October 8, 2004
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 Excellent October 28, 2008
It seems to me that nothing Terry Pratchett writes can be bad. Every time I read another of his books, I say, 'No, that one was the best I've ever read'. He disguises his excellent observations on our everyday life and our history in a comic fantasy world and it works *so* well. The ones where he tackles every day institutions such as the post office are the best, in my opinion. This is a great book.
 (audio cd .) just ok really May 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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! April 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.......................................... April 4, 2008
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.
"Going Postal" - read it 3 times in a week and it still made me laugh... March 6, 2008
I picked up 2 Pratchett books at the airport at the start of a long-haul 10-day holiday (always useful to have something to keep you smiling when you hit the 5-hour delay, or 3 hour immigration queue..)
I read "Monstrous Regiment" first, big disappointment. Seemed to be a one-joke book...
But "Going Postal" was a complete joy. A new character in the shape of the con-man Moist von Lipwig, a new creature in the form of the Golems, and a great story.
Not one to make me laugh out loud, in the way that early Pratchett books like the Colour of Magic, but great in a more slow-burning way.
I ended up reading this book 3 times in the course of a week, and was enjoying it more each time.
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