Making Money - Terry Pratchett Reviews

Now and then, Terry Pratchett's timing can be uncanny. This book was released only days after the run on Northern Rock in the UK - a coincidence that still leaves me gaping a little at the appropriateness of it all. For Making Money is, as the title might suggest, about banks. Moist von Lipwig - star of Going Postal - reappears in this ...

I've just heard the news that Terry Pratchett, author of over 30 books in the Discworld series, has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's. It got me thinking about some of my other long term authors and how their work as had peaks and troughs - usually descending rapidly in quality in later years. Pratchett has always managed to avoid ...

Having spoofed opera, films, publishing, the post office and goodness knows what else, Terry Pratchett turns his sharp sense of humour to the world of banking in the latest Discworld novel. You’d think that was an area ripe for skitting, wouldn’t you? And you’d be right as Pratchett turns in what is, for me, one of his best Discworld novels for ...

Moist von Lipwig is a lucky man. He has escaped hanging to become a hugely successful Postmaster General, find the girl of his dreams and and launch the new cabbage flavoured stamp. However, Moist gets bored very easily and longs for the excitement and challenges of his old life. Unfortunately, for him he might just get more excitement than he ...