Moist von Lipwig is a con artist... and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice:
be hanged, or put Ankh-Mormork's ailing postal service back on its feet.
It's a tough decision.
I hadn't read Pratchett in a while, but a friend of mine, who's completely nuts over him, ordered a copy of this book, but with the wrong cover, so I bought it instead.
It was money well spent. I finished the book, all 438 pages, in less than twelve hours.
It was pure Pratchett, this book. Beginning with the fact that the main character's name is MOIST - there were a couple of rather rude jokes about that. He's actually quite a good guy. For being a con man, that is.
The book begins with his "death". Then he meets and "angel", who gives him the choice you see above.
The book's hilariously written, has good verbal play - as I would've expected from Mr. P. - and a very good, exiting plot.
I've also seen the film that was done in 2010, but I prefer the book. The film's good, too, but there are a bit too many things changed for it to be as brilliant as the book.
