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| title = Going Postal
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| author = Terry Pratchett
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| genre = Fantasy
| franchise = Discworld
| preceded by = A Hat Full of Sky
| followed by = Thud!
| publication date = 2004
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{{quote|''Neither rain nor snow nor glo{{spoiler|o}}m of ni{{spoiler|gh}}t shall stay these mes{{spoiler|s}}engers abo{{spoiler|u}}t their duty.''}}
The 33rd ''[[Discworld]]'' book, '''''Going Postal''''' centers around the character Moist Von Lipwig, a new main character for the Discworld. A self-admitted con man, the book opens with Lipwig (under the pseudonym Albert Spangler) awaiting execution, because he finally got caught. Albert Spangler is hanged, buried, and gets a nice little paragraph in the ''Tanty Bugle''.
Moist von Lipwig, however, wakes up in Lord Vetinari's office, receives a pleasant speech about the nature of angels, and is "offered" a job as the new Postmaster in charge of the now-defunct Ankh-Morpork Post Office. True to form, the first thing he does once he's loose is to run as far away as he can. The next morning, he wakes up when the golem Vetinari set as his parole officer crashes through the door, bodily picks him up along with the horse he acquired, and carries them both back to Ankh-Morpork.
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