"Outlandish fun. . . . Making Money balances satire, knockabout farce and close observation of human--and non-human--foibles with impressive dexterity and deceptive ease. The result is another ingenious entertainment from the preeminent comic fantasist of our time."--Washington Post
The hero of Going Postal has an even more dangerous job than the mail: overseeing the tanking Royal Bank and the printing of Ankh-Morpork's first paper currency in this brilliant installment in New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld series.
The Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork is facing a crisis, and who better to manage it than the man who turned around Ankh-Morpork's inefficient Post Office, former arch-swindler-turned-Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig. Lord Vetinari once again makes Moist an offer he can't refuse: resuscitate the venerable Royal Mint.
The bank has many problems: the chief cashier is almost certainly a vampire, the elderly chairman and her two loaded crossbows needs a daily walkie, there's something strange happening in the cellar, and running the Royal Mint is costing a mint.
As Moist begins to make some ambitious changes, he accrues some dangerous enemies. Everyone knows money is power--and certain stakeholders will do anything to keep a firm grip on both . . .
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Making Money is the second book in the Moist von Lipwig series. The full series, in order, includes:
Going Postal
Making Money
Raising Steam
ISBN: | 9780062334992 |
Publication date: | 28th October 2014 |
Author: | Nichole Chase, Copyright Paperback Collection Library of Congress |
Publisher: | Harper an imprint of HarperCollins |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 480 pages |
Series: | Discworld |
Genres: |
Fantasy General Fiction Action Adventure War, combat and military adventure fiction Occult fiction Science Fiction Science fiction: military Comic (humorous) fantasy Humorous Fiction Satirical fiction and parodies |