{"product_id":"unseen-academicals-by-terry-pratchett-9781837320769","title":"Unseen Academicals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA special paperback edition of Terry Pratchett's fantastical football novel, in partnership with the National Year of Reading 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou've never seen football like this before!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGet into the World Cup spirit with the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett. A limited edition paperback in partnership with the National Year of Reading 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Another brilliant and funny book from a master storyteller'\u003c\/em\u003e - 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the magical city of Ankh-Morpork, the beautiful game is about to get really ugly...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wizards of Unseen University are trading their spell books for football books and have to win a match without using any magic... so they're going to try everything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo do this, they recruit an unlikely group of players: Trev, a street urchin with a talent for kicking a tin can; Glenda, the night chef who makes a mean pie; Juliet, the kitchen hand turned world's greatest fashion model; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, who has something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football. Here we go, here we go, here we go!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnseen Academicals\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the Discworld series, which can be read in any order. If you liked \u003cem\u003eUnseen Academicals\u003c\/em\u003e, try the rest of the Wizards books!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Discworld series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest'\u003c\/em\u003e - George R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of the most consistently funny writers around'\u003c\/em\u003e - Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Pratchett is a master storyteller'\u003c\/em\u003e - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Pratchett's spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'\u003c\/em\u003e - Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone'\u003c\/em\u003e - Daily Express\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Masterful and brilliant'\u003c\/em\u003e - Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he is a satirist of enormous talent... incredibly funny... compulsively readable'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Nothing short of magical'\u003c\/em\u003e - Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns'\u003c\/em\u003e - SFX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Discworld is compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world... There's never been anything quite like it'\u003c\/em\u003e - Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976843706604,"sku":"9781837320769","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837320769-unseen-academicals.jpg?v=1784701197","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/unseen-academicals-by-terry-pratchett-9781837320769","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}