Swell Foop
Appearance
Author | Piers Anthony |
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Cover artist | Darrell K. Sweet Carol Russo Design |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy novel |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | October 2001 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 292 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-312-86906-1 (first edition, hardback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
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 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