He manages the maelstrom of publicity that begins to swirl around him.Īncient postal workers come out of retirement. Guarded by a golem parole officer, Moist quickly begins changing things. The only postal employees are an old man who marinades himself in home remedies, a slightly disturbed youngster who worships pins, and a senile cat. When Moist moves in, he finds a huge building stuffed with undelivered letters going back sixty years. While the Grand Trunk teeters on the edge of collapse, haunted by the spirits of dead clacksmen, the Post Office has already gone over the edge.
And if he has his way, one of those bodies will belong to Moist von Lipwig. This especially goes for the evil Reacher Gilt, who doesn’t care how many dead bodies he has to step over. Then, they intend to sell it to themselves and make even more money off it. Having carried out a hostile takeover and ruined the people who built the clacks, the directors want to get as much money out of it as they can before they run it into the ground. The revival of Post Office comes as bad news to the powerful, greedy, and unscrupulous owners of the Grand Trunk, the company that runs the clacks. Well, that could be pretty dangerous too. If Moist follows their example, he won’t be missed. Four of Vetinari’s best men have died trying. The catch: he must get the city’s long-defunct Post Office back in working order. Lord Vetinari tells him that Alfred Spangler has been buried, but Moist von Lipwig has a chance to start over. The next thing Moist knows, he is sitting in the office of the Patrician. Arrested and tried under the alias Alfred Spangler, he is sentenced to be hanged. Through one scam after another Moist has become very rich, but he keeps working his trade anyway, because he enjoys doing it.Īll that ends, however, when the Watch of Ankh-Morpork catches up with him.
He changes his appearance, changes his address, and with his gift of persuasion he changes the net worth of a lot of people, usually by taking advantage of their innate greed. Especially if you were a con artist with a forgettable face and a criminal mind. If you had a name like Moist von Lipwig, you would probably change it.
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