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	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)
OCLC	47136701
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3551.N73 S86 2001
Preceded by	The Dastard
Followed by	Up In A Heaval

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

Plot introduction

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.

Plot summary

Cynthia Centaur and her companions must find the Six Rings of Xanth (Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Void, and the Idea) in order find the Swell Foop and use it to rescue the Demon E(A/R)^th from the thrall of the Demoness Fornax.

Characters in Swell Foop

Cynthia Centaur
Che Centaur
Sim
Jaylin
The Demons FO(R\N)^ax, JU(P/I)^ter, M(A/R)^s, V(E\N)^us, E(A/R)^th and ME(R/C)^ury
Justin Tree
Breanna

v t e Xanth series by Piers Anthony

Novels: 1970s-80s	A Spell for Chameleon The Source of Magic Castle Roogna Centaur Aisle Ogre, Ogre Night Mare Dragon on a Pedestal Crewel Lye Golem in the Gears Vale of the Vole Heaven Cent Man from Mundania

Novels: 1990s	Isle of View Question Quest The Color of Her Panties Demons Don't Dream Harpy Thyme Geis of the Gargoyle Roc and a Hard Place Yon Ill Wind Faun & Games Zombie Lover Xone of Contention

Novels: 2000s-10s	The Dastard Swell Foop Up in a Heaval Cube Route Currant Events Pet Peeve Stork Naked Air Apparent Two to the Fifth Jumper Cable Knot Gneiss Well-Tempered Clavicle Luck of the Draw Esrever Doom Board Stiff

Characters	Magicians Bink Dor Irene Ivy Trent Families Ebnez Humfrey Merlin Centaur Goblin Gourd Mundanes Other characters

Geography of Xanth Companions of Xanth Letters to Jenny

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