The Eyre Affair: Thursday Next 1 (SIGNED)
by Fforde, Jasper
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- Signed
- first
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- Fine, as new. Signed to title; d/j in protective sleeve.
- ISBN 10
- 0340820470
- ISBN 13
- 9780340820476
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new. Signed to title; d/j in protective sleeve.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. '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. Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend. There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave's MR Big. Acheron Hades has been kidnapping certain characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing. Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays. Perhaps today just isn't going to be Thursday's day. Join her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourself. Fiction will never be the same again ...
Synopsis
The Eyre Affair is the first published novel by British author Jasper Fforde, released by Hodder and Stoughton in 2001. It takes place in alternative 1985, where literary detective Thursday Next pursues a master criminal through the world of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
Reviews
On Apr 24 2010, Hadrian5 said:
A wonderful and highly original book, very witty and clever. Almost impossible to categorize. Good for fans of Terry Pratchett and bad puns.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133109
- Title
- The Eyre Affair: Thursday Next 1 (SIGNED)
- Author
- Fforde, Jasper
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- New Fine, as new. Signed to title; d/j in protective sleeve.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340820470
- ISBN 13
- 9780340820476
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 384
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, comedy, signed, Fforde
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.67 g
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