Making Money

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Stephen Briggs

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like...well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start and end on time; five out of six letters relegated to the Blind Letter Office ultimately wend their way to the correct addresses. Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations: including his own. So it's somewhat disconcerting when Lord Vetinari summons Moist to the palace and asks, "Tell me, Mr. Lipwig, would you like to make some real money?"

Vetinari isn't talking about wages, of course. He's referring, rather, to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork, a venerable institution that has run for centuries on the hereditary employment of the Men of the Sheds and their loyal outworkers, who do make money in their spare time. Unfortunately, it costs more than a penny to make a penny, so the whole process seems somewhat counterintuitive.

Next door, at the Royal Bank, the Glooper, an "analogy machine", has scientifically established that one never has quite as much money at the end of the week as one thinks one should, and the bank's chairman, one elderly Topsy (née Turvy) Lavish, keeps two loaded crossbows at her desk. Oh, and the chief clerk is probably a vampire.

But before Moist has time to fully consider Vetinari's question, fate answers it for him. Now he's not only making money, but enemies too; he's got to spring a prisoner from jail, break into his own bank vault, stop the new manager from licking his face, and, above all, find out where all the gold has gone: otherwise, his life in banking, while very exciting, is going to be really, really short.

©2007 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Critic reviews

• Locus Award, Best Fantasy Novel, 2008

"An educational and entertaining mirror of human squabbles and flaws." (Publishers Weekly)

Another Lipwig Winner

Thou I am only about a half dozen books into the Disc "World" ( All by the way good listens) I have to say I was very happy to hear more about Mr. Moist VanLipwig. This was a very fast pased and funny story. With more twist and Toppsy Turvy moments than I had hope. Thank you Miss. Pratchett and Audible for the laughs in my day.

Wonderful!

Terry Pratchett's dynamic Moist Von Lipwig is back and still fabulous. Briggs is dead on accurate. He is such a good narrator I have all the books he reads.

I love it

This is a great book, a fine continuing development of its hero. I recommend it.

was a good story but...

this was a good story and good narration but the music between chapters or changes to perspectives was annoying. I got the first book going postal and loved it. And if they could get rid of the music in this one. I would love this one just as much.

A Keeper!

This is a good story, backed up by a good reader. I liked it better than Going Postal (the first Moist book), even though the reader and several characters are the same. I felt that the reader did better with the voices and characterization this time around. Mind you, it's not being read the way I, myself, read it. I love to read out loud, and often my own interpretation/voices get in the way of simply enjoying what I'm hearing - but in spite of that forgivable flaw it's definitely well worth a listen. Or six.

Sir Terry, always superb... deeply missed!

Stephen Briggs is, as ever, fabulous reading Pratchett! Would love to hear his narration of all the older Pratchett books!

Loved it!

I haven't read a lot of Terry Pratchett - yet. . . I had read (the old fashioned way) Monstrous Regiment and Going Postal, and this was the first audio book I ever bought. It was great! The story is funny and well plotted, the characters are great, and Stephen Briggs, the narrator, is utterly perfect for all the roles involved. I was wowed, both by the book and the narration. Well worth it and highly recommended to anyone who likes Terry Pratchett - as well as anyone who likes a well read book!

Downright Jarring Intro Music

Any additional comments?

Why?? Why did the publisher feel it necessary to add the "zany", over-loud, distracting intro music to the tracks of this fabulous book? The music in no way harmonizes with the content of the novel and often plays over the narrator making it very difficult to understand the words. Every single time it came on I mentally cringed and tremble inwardly with annoyance. The person responsible for this travesty should be shot.

one of my very favorites!

I'm not sure who I love more, Moist or Vimes...

and it's got a little dog....

Pratchett is damned good.

I was enticed from open to close.
the characters and general adept storytelling kept me snickering to myself through my bus rides.