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Lost in a Good Book [Import]
Jasper Fforde
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Description for Lost in a Good Book [Import]
Paperback. .
The second book in Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde's phenomenally successful Thursday Next series. 'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' - Herald Thursday Next, literary detective and newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, and it will do almost anything to achieve this - but bribing the ChronoGuard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, and help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance meeting with the Flopsy Bunnies, and violent life-and-death struggles in the summer sales are all part of a greater plan. But whose? and why?
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Thursday Next
Condition
New
Weight
261g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340733578
SKU
V9780340733578
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Jasper Fforde
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.
Reviews for Lost in a Good Book [Import]
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
The eccentric epic - A read that'll leave you breathless
Elle
A decidedly quirky and strangely thought-provoking debut novel
Scotland on Sunday
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
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
Compulsively readable ... catnip to book lovers ... totally absorbing
Time Out New York
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
An absolute joy to read. Is it a crime novel? I couldn't really tell, I was laughing too much.
Birmingham Post
A stroke of fantasy genius . . . Unashamedly silly, but also marvellously intelligent . . . Hilarious
SFX
Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously
Terry Pratchett
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
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
Douglas Adams would be proud
Scotsman
This year's grown up J K Rowling
Sunday Times
Let yourself be entertained by a witty romp
Sunday Telegraph
Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original
Sunday Express
Engima
The eccentric epic - A read that'll leave you breathless
Elle
A decidedly quirky and strangely thought-provoking debut novel
Scotland on Sunday
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
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
Compulsively readable ... catnip to book lovers ... totally absorbing
Time Out New York
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
An absolute joy to read. Is it a crime novel? I couldn't really tell, I was laughing too much.
Birmingham Post
A stroke of fantasy genius . . . Unashamedly silly, but also marvellously intelligent . . . Hilarious
SFX
Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously
Terry Pratchett
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
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
Douglas Adams would be proud
Scotsman
This year's grown up J K Rowling
Sunday Times
Let yourself be entertained by a witty romp
Sunday Telegraph
Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original
Sunday Express