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0552170461

Paperback Raising Steam

Author: Pratchett, Terry

Publication year: 2014

Language: English

Media Paperback

Classification: F/FAN

Publisher: Corgi Books, 2014

Resource type: Physical

ISBN: 0552170461 9780552170468

Notes:

It's all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office. A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with t'flat cap and t'sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear - and suddenly it's a matter of national importance that the trains run on time. Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . . vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesn't involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and they'll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.

Series title: A Discworld novel, 40

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Another discworld book, by the talented Terry Pratchett. Featuring almost every character in the series, This is a book for any Pratchett fan. Moist Von Lipwig is once again on centre stage, and without doubt this is one of the best discworld books yet.

24/11/14

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