Unseen Academicals
Unseen Academicals by Sir Terry Pratchett. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. First edition.
The 37th installment of Sir Terry Pratchett’s international bestselling Discworld series, Unseen Academicals takes place around the Unseen University–a secret school of wizardry. When magical academics are strong-armed into playing a strange version of football with few rules and much violence, they set out to regulate the sport. They propose a series of rules, demand proper equipment, and generally seek to make the game ‘official.’ After hashing out their high-brow, bureaucratic restraints on an otherwise untame sport, the story culminates in the big match: wizards vs. street footballers.
A smart, funny, and thorough social satire of both academia and sport.
A near-fine copy in like original dust jacket.
Unseen Academicals by Sir Terry Pratchett. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. First edition.
The 37th installment of Sir Terry Pratchett’s international bestselling Discworld series, Unseen Academicals takes place around the Unseen University–a secret school of wizardry. When magical academics are strong-armed into playing a strange version of football with few rules and much violence, they set out to regulate the sport. They propose a series of rules, demand proper equipment, and generally seek to make the game ‘official.’ After hashing out their high-brow, bureaucratic restraints on an otherwise untame sport, the story culminates in the big match: wizards vs. street footballers.
A smart, funny, and thorough social satire of both academia and sport.
A near-fine copy in like original dust jacket.
Unseen Academicals by Sir Terry Pratchett. New York: Harper Collins, 2009. First edition.
The 37th installment of Sir Terry Pratchett’s international bestselling Discworld series, Unseen Academicals takes place around the Unseen University–a secret school of wizardry. When magical academics are strong-armed into playing a strange version of football with few rules and much violence, they set out to regulate the sport. They propose a series of rules, demand proper equipment, and generally seek to make the game ‘official.’ After hashing out their high-brow, bureaucratic restraints on an otherwise untame sport, the story culminates in the big match: wizards vs. street footballers.
A smart, funny, and thorough social satire of both academia and sport.
A near-fine copy in like original dust jacket.
