First Among Sequels
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First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
Fourteen years after Thursday Next pegged out at Superhoop '88, her Jurisfiction job has been downgraded due to a potential conflict of interest, since her previous adventures are now themselves in print. Thursday's time is spent worrying about her teenage son Friday and tutoring new recruits. This being fiction, however, jeopardy is never far away. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinbach falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. Before this can be righted, Miss Marple dies in a narratively inexplicable car accident, bringing her series also to a close. Thursday, receiving a death-threat clearly intended for her written self, realises what is going on - there is a serial killer is loose in the Bookworld. Meanwhile, Goliath have perfected a 22-seater Prose Portal Luxury Coach, and plan on taking literary tourists on a holiday to the works of Jane Austen. Thursday alone realises the true intent of Goliath's unwanted incursions into fiction, but she can't fight all these battles on her own. She must team up with the one person she really can't get along with - the written Thursday Next, currently starring in The Great Samuel Pepys Fiasco. But it's no time to be picky...
'A born wordsmith of effervescent imagination' -- Christina Hardyment, Independent '[Fforde's] brand of inspired lunacy truly stands on its own.. this new book completes his creation of a world of true literary comic genius' -- Sunday Express on THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS 'Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original' -- Sunday Express on LOST IN A GOOD BOOK 'Ingenious -- I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously' -- Terry Pratchett on THE EYRE AFFAIR 'Jasper Fforde's imagination is a literary volcano in full spate ... SOMETHING ROTTEN is arguably Fforde's best book yet ... Fforde has a knack of creating memorable characters whom the reader greets like long-lost friends ... Buy it; chuckles guaranteed.' -- Independent 'The pleasure in Fforde's quirkily brilliant books is that they can be enjoyed on so many levels by all ages.' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and chewing the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340835753 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340835753 |
| Titel | First Among Sequels |
| Autor | Jasper Fforde |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2007-07-05 |
| Seitenanzahl | 416 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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