Football comes to Ankh-Morpork in the thirty-seventh Discworld novel.
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling
Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was
published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty
bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies
worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and
screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the
Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to
literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his
greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
www.terrypratchettbooks.com
Behind 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*
Satirical, historical, fantastical and irresistible.
*Daily Mail*
This 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, Unseen
Academicals 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*
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