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Unseen Academicals - A Novel of Discworld - cover

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Unseen Academicals - A Novel of Discworld

Terry Pratchett

Publisher: HarperCollins e-books

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Summary

Discworld lives on in Unseen Academicals, the latest novel from Terry Pratchett. Delivering the trademark insight and humor readers the world over have come to expect from “the purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse” (Washington Post Book World), Unseen Academicals focuses on the wizards at Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University, who are reknowned for many things—sagacity, magic, and their love of teatime—as they attempt to conquer athletics.
Available since: 10/06/2010.

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