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Lost in a Good Book (Paperback)

By Jasper Fforde
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The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with Jasper Fforde's magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth Thursday Next. When Landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative of Jurisfiction--the police force inside books. She is apprenticed to the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickens's Great Expectations, who grudgingly shows Thursday the ropes. And she gains just enough skill to get herself in a real mess entering the pages of Poe's "The Raven." What she really wants is to get Landen back. But this latest mission is not without further complications. Along with jumping into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth.

About the Author


Jasper Fforde, author of the New York Times bestseller The Eyre Affair, traded a varied career in the film industry to write and live in Wales.

Praise for Lost in a Good Book…


"Fforde [has a] head-spinning narrative agility. His novel is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank and tilt-a-whirl." (The Washington Post) "Richly crammed with jokes, ideas and action. Brainier silliness is hard to find." (Entertainment Weekly) "Enchanting . . . a tale to savor. Harry Potter fans outgrowing Hogwarts should dive in." (People)

Product Details ISBN-10: 0142004030
ISBN-13: 9780142004036
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 02/01/2004
Pages: 432
Language: English
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