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Amazingly, former arch-swindler-turned-Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig has somehow managed to get the woefully inefficient Ankh-Morpork Post Office running like . . . well, not like a government office at all. Now the supreme despot Lord Vetinari is asking Moist if he'd like to make some real money. Vetinari wants Moist to resuscitate the venerable Royal Mint?so that perhaps it will no longer cost considerably more than a penny to make a penny.
Moist doesn't want the job. However, a request from Ankh-Morpork's current ruling tyrant isn't a "request" per se, more like a "once-in-a-lifetime-offer-you-can-certainly-refuse-if-you-feel-you've-lived-quite-long-enough." So Moist will just have to learn to deal with elderly Royal Bank chairman Topsy (née Turvy) Lavish and her two loaded crossbows, a face-lapping Mint manager, and a chief clerk who's probably a vampire. But he'll soon be making lethal enemies as well as money, especially if he can't figure out where all the gold has gone.
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The product was in excellent shape, as stated, and it arrived in a timely manner. I would definitely purchase from this person again. |
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Terry does it again - |
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Terry Pratchett's second book in the continuing saga of Moist Von Lipwig is just as good as the first one. Anyone familiar with Pratchett's books knows you have to have a twisted sense of humor, and this one is no exception. Highly recommended for any Pratchett fan. |
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Pratchett RULES! - |
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But you know that. If you've read any Diskworld novels, you're familiar with the insane cast of characters, the wonderful convoluted plots, the comedic pace of six or seven quotables a page* (when other funny writers are lucky to get one every page or two at best), and the meticulously crafted backstory that chugs along with its own peculiar but consistent causality.
The lovely thing about Diskworld novels is that you don't need to read them in order, to Get It. You can read them in any order you want, and they'll make sense. Making Money features one of my favorite characters, Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, making the most sinister, terrifying threat that this colossal tyrant has ever done. He really went over the top with it this time. (Snarf). Yep. His scariest threat yet. *And the footnotes. Don't forget the footnotes. Those are some of the best quotables! I started building up my savings by a personal promise to get a Pratchett book any month that I've made my savings goal... and last month when I got Making Money, that was so worth it that I'm doing it again this month. Terry Pratchett is good for my budget and good for my soul. |
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Mr. Lipwig did so well with that last dirty thankless job, repairing the moribund mail system, that Lord Vetinari has another for him: repairing the moribund banking system. When he interviews with the soon-to-be-late head of the bank, Mrs. Lavish, she declares him a thief, trickster, bunco artist, and liar. The perceptive old lady understands that these traits qualify him perfectly to create an economy from essentially nothing - which is what generations of self-serving bank directors have left in the coffers.
It all rolls forward from there. In the usual Pratchettic logic, engaging an Assassin's guild contract on someone turns out to be a great kindness, a dog finds a remarkable chew-toy, and the bank takes on the best forger around. The reasoning for that last seems to be that, if he's the best, then none of the others will be able to forge his banknotes. This book's energy comes from Lipwig thinking mostly with his adrenal glands and Vetinari thinking with everyone else's - plenty to ensure lots of engaging action with lopsided logic. -- wiredweird |
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Terry Pratchett is absolutely fabulous, and "Making Money" is an excellent follow-up to Moist Von Lipwig's adventures. A must read for any Pratchett fan. |
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