This is yet again another entertaining Discworld novel which is wonderfully read by Stephen Briggs, who is now as much part of the discworld novels as Terry Pratchet himself.

This story follows forcible-reformed former con-artist Moist von Lipwig as he tries to reform the Ankh-Morpork post office at the insistence of Lord Vetinari.
The story teems with great characters, intrigue, technomancy, bureaucracy, golems, ponzi schemes, small gods, mail, stamps, secret societies, and a pirate.

Again, he does a fabulous job voicing a number of different characters, keeping the tale moving at a good pace but maintaining clear articulation, and usually just being a damn good reader.

In this example, we are taking a look at depraved business practices, monetizing of info transfer, competition between old and new systems of moving info, and work law and ethics.

Pratchett raises the significance of the written world in the discworld universe usually and this novel especially, which is a downright common trope among writers and one whose absence would make me wonder. He also comes down firmly in favor of workers’ rights. As usual, the ideology Pratchett serves up goes down easily because it’s sweet and easy to chew. I guess some people would take umbrage with Pratchett’s political content, but I tend to agree with the man so I don’t quibble.

Moist von Lipwig and Adora Belle Dearheart make a great pair of central characters, and I’m looking forward to reading more about them in future books.