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What the critics say

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

The secret of Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy isn't so much the wackiness of the fantasy as the reliability of the comedy... with sales now topping 60m, Discworld is still going strong...with undimmed, triumphant exuberance
- Guardian

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
- Telegraph

We doubt whether Pratchett gives a fig about 22 men kicking a bag of wind, but he's ever fascinated by people, our vagaries, our vanities and our triumphs. And, when all's said and done, football is all about us, wherever we sit in society. In case you hadn't already guessed, the man of the match award goes, not for the first time, to Sir Terry Pratchett
- SFX

You'd have thought that, by now, Pratchett would be running out of ideas; thankfully, however, the universe he created 25 years ago just keeps on giving... It's a triumphant effort
- Independent on Sunday

His writing remains as spry as ever, with the humour coming thick and fast... Satire, parody and inspired wordplay all jostle for space... unfailingly good fun... from an author seemingly incapable of penning a bad joke
- Independent