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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Summary
Overall Well written, thought provoking, fast paced, and funny, this novel of that alternate world called the Discworld takes on high finance. Fans of the Discworld will enjoy meeting again with old friends like swindler turned government superhero Moist Lipwig, Adora Belle Dearheart, Lord Vetinari, Mrs. Cake, and the Wizards of the Unseen University. There are also plenty of new characters: Mr. Bent, whose mania for numbers conceals a stunning secret; Gladys the Golem, who models her life on Victorian etiquette manuals; rich brats Pucci and Cosmo Lavish, who may be more dangerous than they seem; and an army of crooks and assassins, not to mention the golems. A satisfying story, brilliant prose, and plenty of ideas round out the experience.
Violence There are some scenes of violence, but little description most is \"off stage.\"