{"product_id":"unseen-academicals-discworld-terry-pratchett","title":"Unseen Academicals (Discworld) - Terry Pratchett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA special paperback edition of Terry Pratchett's fantastical football novel, in partnership with the National Year of Reading 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou've never seen football like this before!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Another brilliant and funny book from a master storyteller’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the magical city of Ankh-Morpork, the beautiful game is about to get \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e ugly. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Masterful and brilliant’ \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse'\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Nothing short of magical’ \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67973346721828,"sku":"B9781837320769","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/2253\/5460\/files\/9781837320769.jpg?v=1793587562","url":"https:\/\/whimsyandwonder.co.nz\/products\/unseen-academicals-discworld-terry-pratchett","provider":"Whimsy \u0026 Wonder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}