There are times in your life when you have to make a choice, and none of the options available are particularly tempting. Moist von Lipwig faces such a choice. He can either go put the Ankh-Morpork’s postal service back into working order, or he can go for the more… final solution.

After a failed attempt at escape (well, anyone would try, wouldn’t they?), Moist finds himself trying to find out the truth. There is a hidden, dark secret involving the post office and some people are determined that he won’t find out. But secrets have a way of getting themselves exposed. And the mail has to be delivered…

Not everyone is happy with Moist’s growing determination. The Grand Trunk Semaphore Company has a secret of its own and it was doing just fine without the postal service being up and running, thank you very much. And there is a dangerous being on the loose, with a taste for pigeons.

Moist’s only aides are ancient Junior Postmaster Groat and his charge Stanley, a young man with a pin addiction. And then there’s Adora Bell Dearheart, a woman unlike any other Moist has ever met… And let’s not forget the Post office Worker’s Friendly and Benevolent Society…

The mail must be delivered, come rain, garden tools, dogs, and big green things with teeth.

Anyone who enjoys a good read and a good laugh.

Terry Pratchett's writing style. He's a master of the English language.

Read more Discworld novels, as usual.

Thoroughly entertained.

Terry Pratchett’s characters tend to have this unique blend of being rather entertaining and fascinating, and perhaps a bit peculiar, but they are also so very human that they are instantly recognisable and you can’t help but sympathise with them. This is part of Pratchett’s art.

“Going Postal” held my interest from beginning to end. In fact, I had a difficult time closing it to get some sleep. It’s a series of giggles, a walk on a tightrope, balancing between humor and morality, a flow of jokes and puns and heart-warming vision. Every Discworld novel is an adventure. I have yet to find one I regretted taking part in.

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