num_pages: 496
description: The post was an old thing, of course, but it was so old that it had magically become new again.The post office is an ailing institution belonging to the olden days. New technology overshadows its mind-numbing bureaucracy and the creakingly slow pace of change. You can call them nostalgic, but there are still people who believe in the post: in the beauty of stamps and cast-iron pillar boxes, and the dignity of the postman braving hail, wind and troublesome dogs. And sometimes it's worth standing up for what you believe in...
language: English
title: Going Postal
titlecomplete: Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist Von Lipwig, #1)
characters: Stanley Howler, Moist von Lipwig, Adora Belle Dearheart, Havelock Vetinari, Mr. Pump, Reacher Gilt, Tolliver Groat
genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Adult, High Fantasy, Humor, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 120577
places: Ankh-Morpork, Discworld
series: Discworld - Industrial Revolution, Discworld, Discworld - Moist von Lipwig
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Geffen Award
category: Best Translated Fantasy Book, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Tähtifantasia Award, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Corgi