UNSEEN ACADEMICALS by Terry Pratchett (R295, Doubleday)
Rating: 5/5
Reviewer: Jared Orlin
Pratchett scores again with the 37th tale from his fictional Discworld universe. And the timing couldn’t be better for South Africans as the novel is about soccer. The plot involves the sloth-like wizards of Unseen University who are forced to play soccer or else they’ll get only three meals a day (Heaven forbid!). As with most of Pratchett’s novels there’s an element of satire involved in…