{"product_id":"unseen-academicals","title":"Unseen Academicals","description":"You''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\u003cu\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eDiscworld\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/u\u003e\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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490064376181,"sku":"9781837320769","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781837320769.jpg?v=1786441958","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/unseen-academicals","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}