MAKING MONEY

Who would you put in charge of the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork? Lord Vetinari believes the best man for the job is a crook—Moist von Lipwig, the reformed con artist who heads the post office, to be specific. Stephen Briggs fills this Discworld novel with the haughty tones of a world of banking, old money, and an officialdom that oozes of trouble for anyone who deals with it. Terry Pratchett's fast-moving novel mixes satire and fantasy with increasingly frantic farce as he races to a conclusion involving golems, necromancers, and a royal hearing. Who knew the dull, dry banking world could be so much fun? J.A.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/ MAY 08]