Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

 

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was only my second time reading Unseen Academicals and beyond the very basic premise I really had forgotten everything about the main narrative and it was like reading a new Discworld novel. I'm not sure why this novel got lost in the mix so to speak while others around it were being regularly taken off the shelf because the story of the disenfranchised finding a place for themselves and ultimately gaining acceptance is not unknown in Terry's writing. The football center piece was inspired as was every aspect that orbited the idea and it was certainly easy to picture the semi-legal footy as described and by extension the new modern (or is that traditional) variant that was introduced by the Patrician with the help of Unseen University with liberal intoxicants. The subplot of the Dwarf fashion house and lessening of cultural constraints was intriguing and of course we know from our world sport and pop culture often make no sense in society but hold such an important part. Overall not my favourite novel but it certainly has some interesting things to say with the usual Pratchett flair.

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