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)

Poorly recorded

The chapter break music was very distracting. It was inconsistent and took me out of the story. It was too long and made listening difficult at the beginning of the chapters.

Nearly perfect

Fantastic narration and story, but obtrusive and distracting music played at times (perhaps for anti-piracy?)

get rid of the music!

I really disliked the annoying music between chapters. it disrupted the flow of the story.

Horrible MUSIC, Great Story!

The story is wonderful, as Terry Pratchett stories always are. But the music between sections makes me want to rip my ears off of my head, just to make it stop.
It’s completely unnecessary, horribly jangly, and totally distracts from the story.
Please, please, remaster (or whatever) and delete the music!

Fantastic book, obnoxious music

This is a fantastic recording but the music was distracting at times.
Three more words.

Great Story

I wasn't keen on the music played at the beginning of chapters. It was unnecessary.

Excellent

I would like to tell you everything that’s good about this book, but I wouldn’t want to deprive you the joy of absorbing this fine audio book for your self. Terry Pratchett's humor comes alive in this latest disk-world story. Enjoy, in know I did.

Awesome!

Our whole family loves many of Terre Pratchett's books. This particular book makes more sense if you start with Going Postal. It is a great, family-friendly and entertaining book for us all. Although, the 8-year-old enjoys audio books more than the 3-year-old.

Steven Briggs does an AMAZING job with the narration!

Listened to over and over

I've listened to this book many times and I always find its can-do attitude refreshing and uplifting. Very well read and a solid story line, I highly recommend it.

Excellently Funny

The author and reader have both done another excellent job. Can a leopard change its shorts? I don't think it needs to! Thank you for the perfect book.