Going Postal - Terry Pratchett [158]
An international stamp of approval
for bestselling author
PRAISE
TERRY PRATCHETT
and
GOING POSTAL
“A top-notch satirist.”
Denver Post
“Terry Pratchett may still be pegged as a comic novelist, but…he’s a lot more. In his range of invented characters, his adroit storytelling, and his clear-eyed acceptance of humankind’s foibles, he reminds me of no one in English literature as much as Geoffrey Chaucer. No kidding.”
Washington Post Book World
“It’s the perfect time to read Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal…Given his prolificacy and breezy style, it’s easy to underestimate Pratchett…He’s far more than a talented jokesmith, though. His books are almost always better than they have to be, and Going Postal is no exception.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Terry Pratchett is difficult to review because you want to offer up your favorite scenes and allusions…Pratchett revels in pricking pomp and assurance…He can move from farce to sadness in seconds.”
New York Times Book Review
“Pungent, satiric fantasy…In this novel you’ll find dedicated golems, a wheel that defies geometry, and lots of undelivered mail—plus the goddess of kitchen drawers. Read and laugh.”
Reno Gazette-Journal
“Terry Pratchett seems constitutionally unable to write a page without at least a twitch of the grin muscles…[But] the notions Pratchett plays with are nae so narrow or nae so silly as your ordinary British farce. Seriously.”
San Diego Union-Tribune
“A first-class delivery from an old master.”
Daily Mail (London)
“This stand-alone novel happily reunites the reader with some of Ankh-Morpork’s recurring characters…while primarily introducing new characters, new situations, and new laughs. New (and twisted) one-liners, newer (and more twisted) punch lines…Welcome back to Discworld, Pratchett’s favorite comedy playground…Laughing at (or with) the Postal Service never felt so good!”
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader
“It’s a weird (Disc) world after all, and not miles away from our own.”
Fort Myers News-Press (FL)
“We are all going postal…but only Terry Pratchett can make us laugh about it…Delightful…The plot, though it rattles along, is secondary to the pleasures of the writing…Pratchett’s joy in his creations, in jokes, puns, the idea of letters and language itself makes Going Postal one of the best expressions of his unstoppable flow of comic invention.”
Times of London
“Pratchett’s latest special-delivery delight, set in his wonderfully crazed city of Ankh-Morpork…Readers will cheer…Thanks to the timely subject matter and Pratchett’s effervescent wit, this twenty-ninth Discworld novel…may capture more of the American audience he deserves.”
Publishers Weekly (* Starred Review *)
“His inventiveness—with people, with plots, with things—is seemingly inexhaustible…Pratchett always gives you more than you dare expect…Pratchett can make you giggle helplessly and then grin grimly at the sharpness of his wit…He knows that terrible things exist and happen, and he invents a benign otherworld in which we can face them, and laugh.”
A.S. Byatt
“Read it and laugh, but don’t forget your brains.”
Locus
BOOKS BY TERRY PRATCHETT
The Carpet People
The Dark Side of the Sun
Strata • Truckers
Diggers • Wings
Only You Can Save Mankind
Johnny and the Dead • Johnny and the Bomb
The Unadulterated Cat (with Gray Jollife)
Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman)
THE DISCWORLD® SERIES:
Thud! • Going Postal
Monstrous Regiment • Night Watch
The Last Hero • The Truth • Thief of Time
The Fifth Elephant • Carpe Jugulum
The Last Continent • Jingo
Hogfather • Feet of Clay • Maskerade
Interesting Times • Soul Music • Men at Arms
Lords and Ladies • Small Gods
Witches Abroad • Reaper Man
Moving Pictures • Eric (with Josh Kirby)
Guards! Guards! • Pyramids
Wyrd Sisters • Sourcery • Mort • Equal Rites
The Light Fantastic • The Color of Magic
The Art of Discworld (with Paul Kidby)
Mort: A Discworld Big Comic (with Graham Higgins)
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (with Stephen Briggs)
The Discworld Companion