Swell Foop
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Swell Foop | |
Author | Piers Anthony |
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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
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