{"product_id":"9780552167710","title":"Unseen Academicals","description":"Author: Pratchett, Terry\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780552167710\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 544\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootball comes to Ankh-Morpork in the thirty-seventh Discworld novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA paperback edition with the original cover art of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the seventh book in the \u003ci\u003eWizards \u003c\/i\u003eseries, part of the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football\u003c\/b\u003e. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Another \u003cb\u003ebrilliant and funny\u003c\/b\u003e book from a \u003cb\u003emaster storyteller'\u003c\/b\u003e 5-star reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFootball has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic . . . so they're in the mood for trying everything else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd the thing about football - the \u003ci\u003eimportant\u003c\/i\u003e thing about football - is that it is not just about football. Here we go, here we go, here we go!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnseen Academicals\u003ci\u003e is the seventh book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series-\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e' Pratchett's  spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series \u003cb\u003eone of the perennial joys of modern fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Pratchett is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, \u003c\/b\u003eand beyond a doubt\u003cb\u003e the funniest' \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'One of those rare writers who\u003cb\u003e appeals to everyone\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most consistently funny writers \u003c\/b\u003earound' Ben Aaronovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMasterful and brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own... he \u003cb\u003eis a satirist of enormous talent\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eincredibly funny\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'The \u003cb\u003ebest humorous English author\u003c\/b\u003e since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Nothing short of \u003cb\u003emagical\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Consistently \u003cb\u003efunny\u003c\/b\u003e, consistently \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e and consistently \u003cb\u003esurprising\u003c\/b\u003e in its twists and turns' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e' Discworld is  \u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable, fantastically inventive\u003c\/b\u003e, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world...\u003cb\u003eThere's never been anything quite like it\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46722377973918,"sku":"UBD-9780552167710","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780552167710.jpg?v=1776317789","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780552167710","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}