Fusspot to Moist, there’s little he can do to avoid it. It’s a job Moist resists, but once the bank’s current chairwoman dies and leaves the majority of her shares to her dog, Mr. However, after seeing the excellent work Moist has done with the post office, the city’s tyrant “requests” that he turn his talents to the corrupt and inefficient local bank. Having revived the struggling post office of Ankh-Morpork, the former condemned thief is now faced with a life of boring normalcy, punctuated by the occasional danger of picking the post office locks. Making Money also heralds the return of Moist von Lipwig, the hero of Pratchett’s 33d book, Going Postal. Yes, that’s right - Terry Pratchett is back, and has delivered yet another tale from Discworld, bringing the total up to 36 books (proving that Pratchett’s hands are very busy indeed). The process of printing money and the science of distributing it, plus currency standards and accounts and interest rates, can, in ordinary hands, provide a cure for insomnia.īut those are not Terry Pratchett’s hands. Except to counterculture antimaterialists, it’s a universal object of adoration.īut monetary policy? Not so much.
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