{"product_id":"unseen-academicals-9780552167710","title":"Unseen Academicals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This isn''t just football, it''s Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it''s about life, the Universe and everything'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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 . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootball has come to the ancient city of \u003cb\u003eAnkh-Morpork\u003c\/b\u003e. And now, the wizards of \u003cb\u003eUnseen University \u003c\/b\u003emust win a football match, without using magic, so they''re in the mood for trying everything else. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not going to be a gentleman's game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The prospect of the \u003cb\u003eBig Match\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003cb\u003e Mr Nutt \u003c\/b\u003e(and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt) but there is somet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBehind the fantasy Terry Pratchett looks at very real contemporary issues and scores many goals. This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe, and everything. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eSatirical, historical, fantastical and irresistible. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThis is the 37th in a body of work so vast that it has spawned its own concordance, yet the quality remains as high as ever and the laughs as plentiful...Like all the Discworld novels, \u003ci\u003eUnseen Academicals\u003c\/i\u003e rewards a second reading. As ever it is peppered with allusions, from Keats to the Lewinsky affair, but, like Wodehouse, Pratchett wears his learning lightly and the pleasure of rereading is in teasing them out. * The Telegraph *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735116591447,"sku":"9780552167710","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552167710.jpg?v=1723810030","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unseen-academicals-9780552167710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}