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Discworld 032: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett, ISBN 9780385609340

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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go glowing when you drop them. 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.

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, which worries him, too). As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever.

Because 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!

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Binding:Hardcover
Dimensions:235 x 156mm
Released:01/10/2009

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About the Author: Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948) is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett is also known for close collaboration on adaptations of his books.

Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 has sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made in 33 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his children's novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

Pratchett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to literature" in 1998. He was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours. In December 2007, Pratchett publicly announced that he was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease, subsequently making a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust.


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Reviews of Discworld 032: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

Rusty to start off but still good Pratchett
Reviewed by Anonymous, 21/01/2010

I wanted to give this a 3 star rating - but that's only in relation to the other discworld books. In terms of overall reading it's still great stuff and deserves the extra star.

Seemed to take a while for T.P. to warm to the story this time. It was an awkward start and while his satire is great it was a little light on quips. Then again I am an uneducated Aussie reading a book about "Football". What would I know? I'd suggest there's plenty that goes over my head. None-the-less I enjoyed getting to know the many new characters and thoroughly enjoyed the read. For those who are new to T.P., it is very easy reading and there's no reason you couldn't start off with this book.

Now there's a hole in my life until his next book. Oh the waiting.

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