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Making Money

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
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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)

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Great story, great performance, could use some editorial work.

This is a great story - one of my favorites. However, it is clear from the music and chapter introductions that this is a compressed file from several audio discs. It’s not overly impactful to the story, but it is a little outdated.

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Another wonderful listen from the Disc World

Stephen Briggs does an excellent job distinguishing between characters and moving the story forward while keeping the sly humor of Pratchett! Highly recommended for a good listen!

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excellent

couldn't put this book down! very clever! I love his use of humor and sarcasm.

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A great follow up to Going Postal

if you want a continuation of going postal this book is perfect. it starts off a little odd, but once you get into the throw of the story it's great!

10/10 I really enjoyed the performance and the story!!

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Another Lipwig Perfection

As usual Stephen Briggs brings a perfect performance. He brings each character to life and his pacing and articulation are perfect.
Making Money is the second of three books that follow Moist Von Lipwig. Personally, one of my favorite characters in literature followed next to Lord Vetinari, who is features heavily.
I also love the character development of Moist from the first to this book.

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The music between the chapters is annoying

I use my audiobooks to get to sleep and the music in between wakes me up.
For the rest: great story, well read.

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good book some issues

the book is great, the story is fun, the voice actor is great. The chapter bumper music is annoying.

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One of my favourite books

Sadly ruined by random jarring music. I will delete this from my library as a result. Poorly placed, repetitive sounds ruined the flow of this otherwise great book.

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A must read for Pratchett fans

The second book it eh Moist Von Lobwig trilogy, this novel features Moist’s running of the Bank with his usual flair for shaking things up. Sadly, the audiobook has very annoying outro and intro music at the chapter breaks which overlays the narrator, which does detract from the overall appeal of the recording.

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