Raising Steam
Description
A new invention arrives in Ankh-Morpork—a massive, clanking metal beast that harnesses the power of all four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Steam begins to rise over the Discworld, generated by the locomotive of Mr. Simnel, a man in a flat cap armed with a slide rule. Book in English.
It's all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office.
A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with t'flat cap and t'sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear - and suddenly it's a matter of national importance that the trains run on time.
Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . .vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesn't involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and they'll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.
Product's details
110 x 177 mm
480
Paperback
9780552170468
Angličtina
2014
40
Weight: 400 g
9780552170468
40374
