First Among Sequels: Thursday Next Book 5 by Jasper Fforde (English) Paperback B

Description: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde Everyones favourite Book World heroine, Thursday Next, returns in her fifth adventure - by Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Fourteen years after her last adventure, Thursday Next, literary detective, finds herself in an unusual situation her job policing the fictional characters of the BookWorld has been downgraded since her previous escapades are now themselves in print.However, a pressing threat may call her back into action: first Sherlock Holmes and then Miss Marple are found dead, stopping their series in their tracks. When Thursdays written self also receives a death threat, it becomes clear that a serial killer is on the loose.Meanwhile, the Goliath Corporation plan on taking literary tourists on holiday in the novels of Jane Austen. Thursday alone realizes the true intent of Goliaths unwanted incursions into fiction, but she cant fight all these battles on her own. She must team up with the one person she cant really get along with: the written Thursday Next. Notes Everyones favourite BookWorld heroine, Thursday Next, is back in this new bestseller. First Sherlock Holmes and then Miss Marple are found dead, stopping their series in their tracks. When Thursdays written self also receives a death threat, its clear theres a serial killer on the loose. Follows the success of The Eyre Affair and The Well Of Lost Plots. Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure. Sunday Telegraph Author Biography Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and sucking the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation. Review Once you read one - youll be hooked. - David BaldacciFfordes books are more than just an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted. They have empathetic heroes and heroines who nearly make terrible mistakes and suitably dastardly villains who do. They also have more twists and turns than Christie, and are embellished with the rich details of Dickens or Pratchett - IndependentA riot of puns, in-jokes and literary allusions that Fforde carries off with aplomb - Daily MailFforde is a master entertainer, and a wordsmith of dexterous genius. - ScotsmanFans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde - Herald Promotional Everyones favourite Book World heroine, Thursday Next, returns in her fifth adventure - by Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. Kirkus US Review Thursday Next returns in another postmodern literary detective fantasy from Fforde (The Big Over Easy, 2005, etc.).Once again, the author creates a world in which only permeable boundaries separate truth from fiction, the living from the dead (or extinct: Thursday knits a sweater for her pet dodo, Pickwick). Our heroine revisits places and people from earlier Fforde novels, as well as from an immoderate number of English and American classics - one memorable page contains allusions to The Woman in White, Robert Ludlum, Jason Bourne, Our Mutual Friend, Bleak House and The Mayor of Casterbridge. Although the Special Operations Network has nominally been shut down, in reality Thursday works undercover with Acme Carpets and on the side runs an underground cheese market, featuring such tempting morsels as Mynachlog-ddu Old Contemptible, "kept in a glass jar because it will eat through cardboard or steel." Thursday embarks on a dizzying set of adventures through fictive territory. Untoward things have been happening in the literary world. For example, the natural comedy in Thomas Hardy novels has mysteriously been removed - Jude the Obscure originally began as one of the most "rip-roaringly funny novels in the English Language" - and Thursday travels through space and time to rectify this situation. Her contemporaries are not as interested in reading as they are in watching reality TV shows like Englands Funniest Chainsaw Mishaps or Samaritan Kidney Swap. Meanwhile, Thursday has to deal with Friday, her teenaged lump of a son, whose main goals in life are sleeping and forming a band called The Gobshites. While Ffordes humor can be affecting, it can also grate with its self-consciousness, as the author nudges readers to admire his verbal dexterity. Vertiginous cleverness here proves to be almost too much of a good thing. (Kirkus Reviews) Long Description Fourteen years after her last adventure, Thursday Next, literary detective, finds herself in an unusual situation her job policing the fictional characters of the BookWorld has been downgraded since her previous escapades are now themselves in print.However, a pressing threat may call her back into action: first Sherlock Holmes and then Miss Marple are found dead, stopping their series in their tracks. When Thursdays written self also receives a death threat, it becomes clear that a serial killer is on the loose.Meanwhile, the Goliath Corporation plan on taking literary tourists on holiday in the novels of Jane Austen. Thursday alone realizes the true intent of Goliaths unwanted incursions into fiction, but she cant fight all these battles on her own. She must team up with the one person she cant really get along with: the written Thursday Next. Review Quote Once you read one - youll be hooked. - David BaldacciFfordes books are more than just an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted. They have empathetic heroes and heroines who nearly make terrible mistakes and suitably dastardly villains who do. They also have more twists and turns than Christie, and are embellished with the rich details of Dickens or Pratchett - Independent A riot of puns, in-jokes and literary allusions that Fforde carries off with aplomb - Daily Mail Fforde is a master entertainer, and a wordsmith of dexterous genius. - Scotsman Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde - Herald Promotional "Headline" Everyones favourite Book World heroine, Thursday Next, returns in her fifth adventure - by Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. Description for Sales People First Among Sequels was a top ten bestselling hardback. Details ISBN0340752025 Author Jasper Fforde Pages 416 Year 2008 ISBN-10 0340752025 ISBN-13 9780340752029 Format Paperback Imprint Hodder Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Media Book Illustrations B&W line drawings Series Thursday Next Subtitle Thursday Next Book 5 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Language English Series Number 5 UK Release Date 2008-07-24 Publication Date 2008-07-24 Audience General NZ Release Date 2008-06-30 AU Release Date 2008-06-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:14414516;

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