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Jasper Fforde's hit follow-up to THE EYRE AFFAIR, now available in stunning new jacket style.

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Jasper Fforde's hit follow-up to THE EYRE AFFAIR, now available in stunning new jacket style.

About the Author

Jasper Fforde is the author of three hit Thursday Next novels. After a varied career in the film industry, he now lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.

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'Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original' -- Sunday Express 'Let yourself be entertained by a witty romp' -- Sunday Telegraph 'This year's grown up J K Rowling' -- Sunday Times 'Douglas Adams would be proud' -- Scotsman 'The reader is catapulted in and out of truth and imagination on a hectic, humorous and neatly constructed chase that finishes by tying up every loose end in the most satisfying, novelistic way' -- The Times 'Jasper Fforde's fascinating first novel reads like a Jules Verne story told by Lewis Carroll...Forget all the rules of time, space, and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure as Thursday, with the help of Jane Eyre's Mr Rochester, fights a desperate battle in which Jane herself is in jeopardy.' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously' -- Terry Pratchett 'A stroke of fantasy genius ... Unashamedly silly, but also marvellously intelligent ... Hilarious' -- SFX 20021001 'An absolute joy to read. Is it a crime novel? I couldn't really tell, I was laughing too much.' -- Birmingham Post 20021001 'What Fforde is pulling is a variation on the classic Monty Python gambit: the incongruous juxtaposition og low comedy and high erudition - this scam has not been pulled off with such off-hand finesse and manic verve since the Pythons shut up shop. 'The Eyre Affair' is a silly book for smart people: postmodernism played as raw, howling farce' -- Independent 20021001 'Compulsively readable ... catnip to book lovers ... totally absorbing' -- Time Out New York 20030327 'It is always a privilege to watch the birth of a cult, and Hodder has just cut the umbilical cord. Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters' -- Time Out 20030327 'Dark, funny, complex and inventive, The Eyre Affair is a breath of fresh air, and is easily one of the strongest debuts in years.' -- Locus 20030327 'A decidedly quirky and strangely thought-provoking debut novel' -- Scotland on Sunday 20030327 'The eccentric epic - A read that'll leave you breathless' -- Elle 20030327 'Engaging and captivating ... not just one of the best sequels I've ever read, but one of the best damn books to come out of the UK in some time.' -- Engima 20020801

'Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original' -- Sunday Express 'Let yourself be entertained by a witty romp' -- Sunday Telegraph 'This year's grown up J K Rowling' -- Sunday Times 'Douglas Adams would be proud' -- Scotsman 'The reader is catapulted in and out of truth and imagination on a hectic, humorous and neatly constructed chase that finishes by tying up every loose end in the most satisfying, novelistic way' -- The Times 'Jasper Fforde's fascinating first novel reads like a Jules Verne story told by Lewis Carroll...Forget all the rules of time, space, and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure as Thursday, with the help of Jane Eyre's Mr Rochester, fights a desperate battle in which Jane herself is in jeopardy.' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously' -- Terry Pratchett 'A stroke of fantasy genius ... Unashamedly silly, but also marvellously intelligent ... Hilarious' -- SFX 20021001 'An absolute joy to read. Is it a crime novel? I couldn't really tell, I was laughing too much.' -- Birmingham Post 20021001 'What Fforde is pulling is a variation on the classic Monty Python gambit: the incongruous juxtaposition og low comedy and high erudition - this scam has not been pulled off with such off-hand finesse and manic verve since the Pythons shut up shop. 'The Eyre Affair' is a silly book for smart people: postmodernism played as raw, howling farce' -- Independent 20021001 'Compulsively readable ... catnip to book lovers ... totally absorbing' -- Time Out New York 20030327 'It is always a privilege to watch the birth of a cult, and Hodder has just cut the umbilical cord. Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters' -- Time Out 20030327 'Dark, funny, complex and inventive, The Eyre Affair is a breath of fresh air, and is easily one of the strongest debuts in years.' -- Locus 20030327 'A decidedly quirky and strangely thought-provoking debut novel' -- Scotland on Sunday 20030327 'The eccentric epic - A read that'll leave you breathless' -- Elle 20030327 'Engaging and captivating ... not just one of the best sequels I've ever read, but one of the best damn books to come out of the UK in some time.' -- Engima 20020801

Det. Thursday Next is back for another round of time traveling and bookish sleuthing after Fforde's successful debut, The Eyre Affair. Like his earlier novel, this one is set in the U.K., in an alternate version of our universe-one in which time travel is possible and the boundaries between life and literature are porous. Thursday works for Special Ops in the Literary Detectives division. She's made an enemy of the corrupt Goliath Corporation, which manufactures absolutely everything, by imprisoning one of its executives, Jack Schitt, in the pages of Poe's The Raven. In return, the corporation eradicates her new husband, Landen. Since no one really dies in this chronologically fluid universe, Landen could be restored-but Goliath won't do it until Thursday brings back Schitt. But rescuing Schitt is easier said than done-Poe's oeuvre is dangerous territory. Thursday enlists the help of Great Expectations' Miss Havisham, who works for the intra-literature police force, Jurisfiction, and the two leap into the pages of Kafka's The Trial, Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Thursday also finds time to authenticate Cardenio, a newly discovered Shakespeare tragedy, and save the world from being engulfed by an oozing pink sludge. Time flies-and leaps and zigzags-while reading this wickedly funny and clever fantasy. Would-be wordsmiths and mystery fans will find the surreal genre-buster irresistible. 12-city author tour. (Mar.) Forecast: Are there enough English lit lovers to send this book aloft? If the author is as funny in person as he is on the page, his book tour may increase the cult that began with rave reviews for The Eyre Affair. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Adult/High School-In an alternate 1980s England, woolly mammoths migrate through the countryside, Tunbridge Wells has been given to Imperial Russia as Crimean War reparation, and the prevailing culture is based on literature. Due to her adventures in The Eyre Affair (Viking, 2002), newly married Thursday Next has become a media darling, but when an unknown work by Shakespeare surfaces, she is happy to be back to work. However, the megacorporation Goliath hasn't finished bedeviling her: Thursday's husband has been "time-slipped" and exists only in her memory. Further complicating matters, her Uncle Mycroft gives her an entroposcope-a jar of lentils and rice-revealing that the chaos in her life is rapidly escalating. So once again, Thursday jumps into a surreal literary world. This time, she has joined the "Jurisfiction" division and is paired with Charles Dickens's Miss Havesham, who has a penchant for leather jackets and driving recklessly. Absurd and amusing scenes take readers through discussions on theoretical physics, geometry, literature, art, and philosophy. Fforde not only tilts at ideological and insipid corporate windmills and human foibles, but can also make the naming of minor characters hilarious, as in the two unfortunate members of the dangerous SO-5 division, Phodder and Kannon. Reading this novel is like being at a fabulous party of phenomenally funny and wickedly profound guests. Teens will delight in the satire and wit.-Jane Halsall, McHenry Public Library District, IL Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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