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Lost in a Good Book

by Jasper Fforde
Lost in a Good Book
Lost in a Good Book

Time-traveling literary detective's whimsical capers.

If the charm of book-verse time travel and the wit of sharp literary references appeal to you, "Lost in a Good Book" is your perfect match. You'll root for Thursday Next as she navigates a maze of bookish and bureaucratic absurdities, complete with a delightful dose of humor that sends up the classics. It's a savvy choice for the reader who loves a blend of adventure, literature, and a good laugh.

  • Dilys Award (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Lost in a Good Book

by Jasper Fforde
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ISBN: 9780340824672
Authors: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Date of Publication: 2002-07-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Related Topics: Mystery, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Time Travel
Goodreads rating: 4.13
(rated by 55950 readers)

Description

Thursday Next, literary detective and registered dodo owner begins her married life with the disturbing news that her husband of only a month drowned thirty-eight years ago, and no one but Thursday has any memory of him at all. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. Could it be the ubiquitous Goliath Corporation, who will stop at nothing to get their operative Jack Schitt out of ‘The Raven’ --- the poem in which Thursday trapped him? Or are more sinister forces at work in Swindon? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday heads back into fiction to search for some answers. Along the way she finds herself helping Miss Havisham close narrative loopholes in Great Expectations, struggling for a deeper understanding of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and learning the truth about Larry the Lamb. Paper politicians, lost Shakespearean manuscripts, woolly mammoth migrations, a flurry of near-fatal coincidences and impending Armageddon are all part of a greater plan. But whose? And why?
 

Time-traveling literary detective's whimsical capers.

If the charm of book-verse time travel and the wit of sharp literary references appeal to you, "Lost in a Good Book" is your perfect match. You'll root for Thursday Next as she navigates a maze of bookish and bureaucratic absurdities, complete with a delightful dose of humor that sends up the classics. It's a savvy choice for the reader who loves a blend of adventure, literature, and a good laugh.

  • Dilys Award (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.