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Unseen Academicals

(Discworld Novel 37)
By Terry Pratchett
Series: Discworld Novels
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Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett is set in the fantastical Discworld, where the eccentric wizards of Unseen University find themselves entangled in the world of football. As they form a team to compete in a city-wide match, tensions and emotions run high, intertwining their academic pursuits with the spirited rivalry of the sport. Amidst chants and challenges, the novel offers a humorous exploration of identity, friendship, and acceptance in typical Pratchett style.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a fan of humorous fantasy featuring quirky characters and satirical social commentary. The story explores themes of identity, teamwork, and the culture surrounding a beloved game, all set in a vivid and magical world. If you're interested in a witty, engaging narrative filled with clever wordplay and entertaining adventures, this might be the perfect read for you.

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Unseen Academicals

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. This is not going to be a gentleman's game.

Football comes to Ankh-Morpork in the thirty-seventh Discworld novel.

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Football comes to Ankh-Morpork in the thirty-seventh Discworld novel.

This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything - The Times

The Discworld is very much like our own—if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is...

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. This is not going to be a gentleman's game.

The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt) but there is something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him.

As the match approaches, secrets are forced into the light and four lives will be entangled and changed forever. Here we go, here we go, here we go!

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Unseen Academicals is the seventh book in the Wizards series.

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Unseen Academicals offers a satirical yet delightful exploration of contemporary issues through the lens of fantasy, blending humour and wit with real-world insight. The book is praised for maintaining the high quality of the Discworld series, delivering abundant laughter while encouraging multiple readings to uncover its rich allusions and references.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780552167710

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 February 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corgi Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 367g

Pages: 544

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Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Penguin Books Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series: Discworld Novels Terry Pratchett

About the Author

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 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 for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.com

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