Informationen zum Autor 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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. Klappentext The new Discworld novel from mega-selling author Terry Pratchett. Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned! grubby pushing and shoving! but the new! fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go 'gloing' when you drop them. And now! the wizards of Unseen University must win a match without using magic! so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The Big Match draws in four weird and wonderful characters whose lives are entangled and changed for ever. Because the important thing about football is that it's not just about football! Zusammenfassung Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them.

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The new Discworld novel from mega-selling author Terry Pratchett.

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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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

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The new Discworld novel from mega-selling author Terry Pratchett. Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go 'gloing' when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a match without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The Big Match draws in four weird and wonderful characters whose lives are entangled and changed for ever. Because the important thing about football is that it's not just about football!

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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them.