Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld

US: Harper, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. "[Pratchett's] books are almost always better than they have to be, and Goi ng Postal is no exception, full of nimble wordplay, devious plotting and ou trageous situations, but always grounded in an astute understanding of huma n nature." -- San Francisco Chronicle The 33rd installment in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sir Ter ry Pratchett's Discworld series, a splendid send-up of government, the post al system, and everything that lies in between. Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noo se 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. G etting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undeliver ed mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office. Wors e still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it mea ns taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk clacks communication monopo ly 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 t hat every being, human or otherwise requires: hope. The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Going Postal is the first book.