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  • Discworld, Book 33
  • By: Terry Pratchett
  • Narrated by: Tony Robinson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (200 ratings)
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Going Postal

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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Summary

Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and 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. But he's got to see that the mail gets though - come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.

Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope.

© Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P) Corgi Audio

Critic reviews

"British fantasist Pratchett's latest special-delivery delight, set in his wonderfully crazed city of Ankh-Morpork, hilariously reflects the plight of post offices the world over as they struggle to compete in an era when e-mail has stolen much of the glamour from the postal trade." ( Publishers Weekly)
"His world, increasingly subtle and thoughtful, has become as allegorical and satirical as a painting by Bosch....Pratchett's joy in his creations, in jokes, puns, the idea of letters and language itself makes Going Postal one of the best expressions of his unstoppable flow of comic invention." ( The Times)

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Going something

I don?t know what Graham of Reigate is listening to, it's certainly not Going Postal read by Tony Robinson, we are quite worried about him and suggest he goes to the Doctors; he may have a ear infection. Terry Pratchett and Tony Robinson go together like Nanny Ogg & Granny Weatherwax.

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Enjoyable

Classic Terry pratchett book read by the very funny tony Robinson who manage to the more funnier

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loved it

LOVE Terry pratchett and his disc world and it's only made better by Tony Robinson narrative

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Great book, shame about the reading

This is a wonderful book, witty, entertaining, with some sparkling ideas it is generally great fun. But the reading is awful and in an audio book that is fairly important! Much of the time you cant differentiate between voices and when you can, rather often you are cringing at the dreadful accent. My advice is: pay the extra and get a better version. Robinson may have made a great Baldrick but he lacks the voice range and/or the imagination to do justice to this excellent book

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Wonderful

Terry Pritchettt never fails to hit the mark. So well written and fun!! Wish he was still here to write more 🥰🥰🥰
Tony Robinson is an outstanding choice to narrate, love his voices

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Going Postal

An excellent book, fantastic author, brilliantly read, great characters, it’s definitely worth listening to. GNU.

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missing parts.

just a couple of lines missing here and there. slightly abridged. doesn't say anywhere. (compared to 2 print editions)
the voice acting is not to the same quality as other STP books.

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I love Terry Pratchett!!!

I read this book many years ago and was eager to hear what the audio version would be like…I wasn’t disappointed. As always, funny, delightful, typical Terry Pratchett. Performance was perfect.

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Going Postal

An excellent listen and loved it from the start. One which I will listen to again

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Abridged

It’s abridged which is really not made clear at all anywhere when purchasing, and it missed out loads of my favourite lines and moments.

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