Swell Foop

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Swell Foop
Author Piers Anthony
Cover artist Darrell K. Sweet
Carol Russo Design
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Tor Books
Publication date October 2001
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 292 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-312-86906-1 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by The Dastard
Followed by Up In A Heaval

Swell Foop is the twenty-fifth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.

Contents

[edit] Plot introduction

[edit] Explanation of the novel's title

The title is taken from a spoonerism for the Shakespearean phrase "one fell swoop," first spoken by the tongue-twisted Peter Sellers character in the 1964 movie The Pink Panther.

[edit] Plot summary

Cynthia Centaur and her companions must find the Six Rings of Xanth (Fire, Earth, Idea, Water, Air and Void) in order to rescue the Demon Earth from the thrall of the Swell Foop.

[edit] Characters in Swell Foop

  • Cynthia Centaur
  • Breanna
  • Che Centuar
  • Sim
  • Jaylin
  • The Demons Fornax, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Earth and Mercury