Meet Thursday Next, Literary Detective Without Equal, Fear Or Boyfriend Jasper Ffordeâs Beloved New York Times Bestselling Novel Introduces Literary Detective Thursday Next And Her Alternate Reality Of Literature-obsessed Englandâfrom The Author Of The Constant Rabbit Fans Of Douglas Adams And P. G. Wodehouse Will Love Visiting Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, Circa 1985, When Time Travel Is Routine, Cloning Is A Reality (dodos Are The Resurrected Pet Of Choice), And Literature Is Taken Very, Very Seriously: Itâs A Bibliophileâs Dream. England Is A Virtual Police State Where An Aunt Can Get Lost (literally) In A Wordsworth Poem And Forging Byronic Verse Is A Punishable Offense. All This Is Business As Usual For Thursday Next, Renowned Special Operative In Literary Detection. But When Someone Begins Kidnapping Characters From Works Of Literature And Plucks Jane Eyre From The Pages Of Brontë's Novel, Thursday Is Faced With The Challenge Of Her Career. Fforde's Ingenious Fantasyâenhanced By A Web Site That Re-creates The World Of The Novelâunites Intrigue With English Literature In A Delightfully Witty Mix.
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- Politics & Social Sciences
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Publisher : Penguin Books
Author : Fforde, Jasper
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2003-02-25
Number Of Pages : 400
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0142001805
ISBN-13 : 9780142001806
Item weight : 0.62 lb
Dimensions : 0.79 in x 5.12 in x 7.72 in
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