Swell Foop Explained

Swell Foop
Author:Piers Anthony
Country:United States
Language:English
Cover Artist:Darrell K. Sweet
Carol Russo Design
Genre:Fantasy
Publisher:Tor Books
Release Date:October 2001
Media Type:Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages:292 (first edition, hardback)
Isbn:0-312-86906-1
Isbn Note:(first edition, hardback)
Dewey:813/.54 21
Congress:PS3551.N73 S86 2001
Oclc:47136701
Preceded By:The Dastard
Followed By:Up In A Heaval

Swell Foop is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-fifth book of the Xanth series.[1] The title is taken from a spoonerism for the Shakespearean phrase "one fell swoop," famously (but not first)[2] 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 find the Swell Foop and use it to rescue the Demon E(A/R)th from the thrall of the Demoness Fornax.

Characters

Notes and References

  1. Book: Janet Husband. Jonathan F. Husband. Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. 2009. American Library Association. 978-0-8389-0967-6. 26.
  2. Book: The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English. 2009. Taylor & Francis. 9780415371827. 715. Tom Dalzell. 24 February 2014. one swell foop noun Used as a humorous reversal of "one fell swoop" US, 1900.