Going Postal
Moist von Lipwig is a con artist... and a fraud and a man faced with life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It's a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and...
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Moist von Lipwig is a con artist... and a fraud and a man faced with life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It's a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780552149433
Publish date: 26 października 2005
Publisher: Corgi Books
Pages no: 475
Edition language: English
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