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Unseen Academicals

A Discworld Novel
By Terry Pratchett
Series: Wizards
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"Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the sendups of league football, academic posturing, Romeo and Juliet and cheesy sports dramas are razor sharp and hilarious but... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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"Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the sendups of league football, academic posturing, Romeo and Juliet and cheesy sports dramas are razor sharp and hilarious but never cruel. At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football, its fans and the unifying power of sports." --Publishers Weekly

Football (aka soccer) comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork, upending the wizards of Unseen University and dividing Discworld in this wonderfully funny satirical fantasy novel in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling Discworld series.

The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things—wisdom, magic, teatime—but athletics, not so much. When Lord Vetinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive its sports program and field a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff—or lose the funding that pays for their nine daily meals—the wizards of UU find themselves in a classic fantasy comedy quandary. First, they have to understand what makes foot-the-ball so popular with Ankh-Morporkians. Then they have to learn how to play it—and win—without using magic.

Of course, the thing about football is that it is never just about football.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Unseen Academicals is the seventh and final book in the Wizards collection (and the 37th Discworld book). The other books in the Wizards collection include:

  • The Color of Magic
  • The Light Fantastic
  • Sourcery
  • Eric
  • Interesting Times
  • The Last Continent

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063373747

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 April 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Collins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 345g

Pages: 480

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Humour Literary Fiction Romance Romantasy (Fantasy Romance) Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: Wizards Terry Pratchett

About the Author

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

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