The first book in the Discworld series where the reader is introduced to the main character, Rincewind, the sort-of wizard. (He flunked out of wizard school and only knows one spell. But that one spell is so powerful, he doesn't dare use it and he doesn't even know what it does.)
Rincewind has a knack for languages, so when a tourist arrives at Ankh-Morpork, Rincewind is the only one who can communicate with him. The tourist, Twoflowers, is loaded with gold and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork are eager to relieve his of all his gold. Rincewind is given the task of keeping Twoflower safe and serving as his guide. Which is going to be a real challenge as everyone who crosses Twoflower's path immediately has plans to murder him and take his trunk full of gold. What the thieves don't realize is that the trunk has a mind of its own and is absolutely loyal to Twoflower and extremely protective of its contents and very capable of defending itself.
A romp of an adventure as Rincewind and Twoflower tumble from one disastrous encounter to another. It ends in cliffhanger, though, which is more than a little annoying.
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