{"product_id":"unseen-academicals-9781837320769","title":"Unseen Academicals","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou've never seen football like this before!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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\/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\u003cb\u003eIn the magical city of Ankh-Morpork, the beautiful game is about to get \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e ugly. . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\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 is part of the Discworld series, which can be read in any order. If you liked Unseen Academicals, try the rest of the Wizards books!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series: \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\u003cb\u003e‘One of the most consistently funny writers \u003c\/b\u003earound’ Ben Aaronovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pratchett is \u003cb\u003ea master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\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'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\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terry Pratchett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452862771542,"sku":"9781837320769","price":12.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781837320769.jpg?v=1793656441","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.fi\/products\/unseen-academicals-9781837320769","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}