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I never thought I would be a fan of absurdist fiction -- until a friend introduced me to Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels. The heroine is a special operative for literature, with the ability to enter and leave books in order to stop crimes.In this particular outing, Thursday is apprenticed to M...
I just love Fforde, he is the strangest author I have read, and his books are a pure delight. This is then the second Thursday Next novel.It's some months after the end in The Eyre Affair, and Thursday is happily married to Landen. She is now the Medias darling after having given Jane Eyre a happy e...
This book, and all of its sequels and prequels, are what I would call literary candy. It is so well researched and so rich with characters from much beloved literary classics that it is a delight to read. Any reader who loves words and word play will enjoy the deft hand with which the author leads ...