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Discworld #36
Making Money
Pratchett takes on the bankers and the financial system in the thirty-sixth Discworld novel.
'Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one.'
The Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork is facing a crisis and needs a shake-up in management.
Cue Moist von Lipwig, Postmaster General and former con artist. If anyone can rescue the city's ailing financial institution, it's him. He doesn't really want the job, but the thing is, he doesn't have a choice.
Moist has many problems to solve as part of his new role: the chief cashier is almost certainly a vampire, the chairman needs his daily walkies, there's something strange happening in the cellar, and the Royal Mint is running at a loss.
Moist begins making some ambitious changes . . . and some dangerous enemies.
'Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one.'
The Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork is facing a crisis and needs a shake-up in management.
Cue Moist von Lipwig, Postmaster General and former con artist. If anyone can rescue the city's ailing financial institution, it's him. He doesn't really want the job, but the thing is, he doesn't have a choice.
Moist has many problems to solve as part of his new role: the chief cashier is almost certainly a vampire, the chairman needs his daily walkies, there's something strange happening in the cellar, and the Royal Mint is running at a loss.
Moist begins making some ambitious changes . . . and some dangerous enemies.
394 pages, Hardcover
First published September 20, 2007
About the author
Terry Pratchett
698 books47.4k followersSir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. The first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
With more than 100 million books sold worldwide in 43 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the first Discworld book marketed for children. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2010.
In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He later made a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust (now Alzheimer's Research UK, ARUK), filmed three television programmes chronicling his experiences with the condition for the BBC, and became a patron of ARUK. Pratchett died on 12 March 2015, at the age of 66.
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June 21, 2016
Continuação de Going Postal, com o protagonista Moist von Lipwig. Depois do sucesso em estabelecer os correios em Ankh-Morpork, os ex-patife e ex-enforcado recebe de Vetinari outra intimação disfarçada de pedido descompromissado: dirigir o Banco de Ankh e fazer da instituição algo útil e valioso para a cidade (e para Vetinari).
Personagens novos e muito divertidos, especialmente o sr. Bent, humor e críticas ao sistema bancário e à economia, e tudo o mais que você pode esperar de Discworld.
Personagens novos e muito divertidos, especialmente o sr. Bent, humor e críticas ao sistema bancário e à economia, e tudo o mais que você pode esperar de Discworld.
April 24, 2020
Quase tão divertido quanto o primeiro e com diversos momentos e insights incríveis, apesar de ter um ex machina em um dos sentidos mais literais possíveis da frase.
Mesmo com isso, o Moist é sempre agradável e os personagens secundários são divertidos.
Para completar, nesse volume o Lord Vetinari tem mais oportunidades para brilhar e mostrar porque comanda a cidade.
Recomendadissimo.
Mesmo com isso, o Moist é sempre agradável e os personagens secundários são divertidos.
Para completar, nesse volume o Lord Vetinari tem mais oportunidades para brilhar e mostrar porque comanda a cidade.
Recomendadissimo.
November 19, 2021
A releitura permitiu-me ver as subséries mais recentes com outros olhos.
Foi também o caso com este livro.
Foi também o caso com este livro.
January 28, 2024
Uma das melhores explicações do sistema monetário que eu já vi
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