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Making Money

(Discworld Novel 36)

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Making Money

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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'Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one'

The Royal Bank is facing a crisis, and it's time for a change of management. Who would not wish for that job?

It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long.

The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss, and people actually want to know where the money's gone. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead

Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies.

Everywhere he looks he's making enemies.

What he should be doing is . . . Making Money!


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Critic reviews

Terry Pratchett is a comic genius.
If you've never read Discworld, then perhaps you're unaware that what started out as a very funny fantasy spoof quickly became the finest satirical series running. It has dealt with - among many other topics - racism, sexism, journalism, death, war, the army, the Inquisition, the ambiguous nature of good and evil, and the uncomfortable power of narrative, all in novels that are smart, hilarious and humane. Come to think of it, if you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?
Although Terry Pratchett's comic novels are set in the imaginary Discworld, do not assume that they are divorced from contemporary concerns. His latest is almost spookily relevant...As bright and shiny as a newly minted coin; clever, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny.
Remarkably topical timing, concerning as it does major wobbles in the financial system brought about by unscrupulous and idiotic banking practices...Most writing on the economy is either opaque or depressing; this is funny.
Along the way Pratchett shines as he mocks modern society whilst taking us on a merry chase inside the pages. As with all his novels, Making Money is very readable and the constant edge of gentle sardonicism rarely grates.
On-the-nose and up-to-the-minute...Pratchett remains a consistently clever, charming and funny voice.
Offers more comic inventiveness and originality than most other novels of the year. And more fun.
Non-stop wit . . . Pratchett is a master of juggling multiple plotlines and multiplying punch lines, and Money is a wondrous farce.
All stars
Most relevant
An abridged version? Perhaps it would have been better if it had not been abridged, but it was a very enjoyable listen even so. I read the book, but thought this was a seemless story that stood up by itself.

The adventures of Moist von L. and the goings-on in Ankh Morpork are always amusing (see 'Going Postal'). Now with the unstability in the world baking sector it makes the story sharper, more astutue and highlights some of the ins and outs of the banking world.

Highly relevant today and well read too.

Money makes the world go round

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I love Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and its wonderful to be able to listen to them as I work. Tony Robinson's reading compliments Pratchett's words( certainly better than Stephen Briggs version where for some mad reason Adora Belle Dearheart becomes Irish - very badly Irish as it happens) BUT why,oh why are Tony's versions abridged? I know these books so well that it's enormously frustrating to miss out anything- they are so well crafted they deserve nothing less than a full reading .

Why Abridged?

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Tony & Terry. What more could you want!
One of the Moist-von-lip stick stories. You should really read 'Going Postal' before this one, and then this, or 'Raising Steam' are good Lipwig stories.

Perfection!

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Excellent story from Pratchett and if you have limited time then definitely pick this up. Tony Robinson made for a perfect narrator.

A lot of the detail is lost in the cut tho so die hard fans should look for the unabridged version.

Good story but look for the unabridged version

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Cover clearly says narrated by Stephen Briggs, while this version is narrated by Tony Robinson.
Not that Tony Robinson doesnt do a great job, but the cover should be adevertiswd correctly!!
Also should state this version as abridged!!
This os not the copy I wanted and the cover art is misleading.

Cover clearly says narrated by Stephen Briggs

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