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Swell Foop
AuthorPiers Anthony
Cover artistDarrell K. Sweet
Carol Russo Design
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
October 2001
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages292 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBNISBN 0-312-86906-1 (first edition, hardback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Preceded byThe Dastard 
Followed byUp 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 to rescue the Demon E(A/R)th from the thrall of the Swell Foop.

Characters in Swell Foop

  • Cynthia Centaur
  • Breanna
  • Che Centuar
  • 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