Making Money

Whenever there's a new Terry Pratchett book out, I usually try to read it out loud to Mich. This usually happens when we're driving somewhere. Kind of tells you how much we've traveled by car recently that it took us this long to finish his most recent, Making Money.

This book returns to Pratchett's more recent cast of Discworld characters, specifically the semi-reformed con man Moist von Lipwig. After turning around the ailing postal service in Going Postal, Lipwig is given charge of the Bank of Ankh-Morpork. Hilarity ensues, as you might imagine. Cameos from other discworld characters include Lord Vetinari, members of the Watch, and a few wizards. There's even a bit of foreshadowing at the end as to what Lipwig's next assignment might be...

Hard to write a review of a Pratchett book now without a reference to his recent diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's. He claims to have "a few more books" left in him; we certainly hope so, and our thoughts go out to him.

Book 4