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Something Rotten (Thursday Next Series #4) -
Something Rotten (Thursday Next Series #4)
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The fourth installment in Jasper Fforde’s New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed EnglandThe popularity of Jasper Fforde’s one-of-a-kind series of genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy,... show more
The fourth installment in Jasper Fforde’s New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed EnglandThe popularity of Jasper Fforde’s one-of-a-kind series of genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment builds with each new book. Now in the fourth installment, the resourceful literary detective Thursday Next returns to Swindon from the BookWorld accompanied by her son Friday and none other than the dithering Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioner Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon’s patron saint foretells doom, and, if that isn’t bad enough, The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And will she ever find reliable child care? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde’s legions of fans. Thursday’s zany investigations continue with First Among Sequels. Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including One of Our Thursdays is Missing and Jasper Fforde’s latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot. Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world!
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780143035411
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
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That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it
0.0 Something Rotten (Thursday Next Series #4)
In Something Rotten, Jasper Fforde ties together all of the loose ends that remain outstanding from the previous novels to create a thrilling story that retains all of the humor and literary mentions that make the series so memorable. Flashing forward two years from the last time the reader sees Thu...
Sophie
Sophie rated it
5.0 Something Rotten (Thursday Next Series #4)
This might actually be my favorite of the series! It was fun and exciting and also really funny! It tied up some loose ends and mysteries that had been brought up in previous books, some that we didn't even know had loose ends until it was resolved. Best of all, Hamlet came into the real world with ...
narfna
narfna rated it
4.0 Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4)
This is definitely my favorite so far of the series. Upped the satire AND the pathos. Not sure when I'll get to number five, but definitely looking forward to it.
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