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The thirty-seventh Discworld novel, now available in hardback as part of the Discworld Collector's Library.Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else.The prospect of the Big Match 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 Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too). As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever.Because the thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!

Author Biography

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.

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Satirical, historical, fantastical and irresistible. * Daily Mail *

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The thirty-seventh Discworld novel, now available in hardback as part of the Discworld Collector's Library.

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Satirical, historical, fantastical and irresistible.

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* "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 * "The subject matter is football, with a dash of Romeo and Juliet... exactly what's needed to cheer us all up in the autumnal gloom. Terry has none of his ability to raise a laugh." -- Daily Express

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The thirty-seventh Discworld novel, now available in hardback as part of the Discworld Collector's Library.

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