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First among sequels

A Thursday Next novel

By Jasper Fforde

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| Hardcover | 9780670038718

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Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular series

Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday NexContinue

Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular series

Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary detective from Swindon made her debut, literature has never been quite the same. Neither have nursery rhymes, for that matter. With two successful books of the Nursery Crime series under his belt, Fforde takes up once again the brilliant adventures of his signature creation in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Thursday Next series. And it's better than ever.

It's been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what's going on—there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that's not all—The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel. Naturally, Thursday must travel to the outer limits of acceptable narrative possibilities to triumph against increasing odds.

Packed with word play, bizarre and entertaining subplots, and old-fashioned suspense, Thursday's return is sure to be celebrated by Jasper's fanatical fans and the critics who have loved him since the beginning.

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  • Book review: Jasper Fforde's *First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel*

    First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel Jasper Fforde Penguin Paperback 384 pages July 2008 Click here to read reviewer Dave Roy's take on Thursday Next: First Among Sequels. For those who want more out of their books, there’s Jasper Fforde. He wi ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

  • First Among Sequels

    In Woody Allen's "The Kugelmass Episode," (originally published in The New Yorker and collected in Side Effects) the titular character, an unhappily married college professor, conducts an affair with one of the classic adulteresses of literature -- M ... (read full critics)

    sfsite published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  • More rollicking fun in the Bookworld. Thursday Next now has 3 kids, Landen is un-disappeared; she also has 2 new Jurisfiction agents in tow (who are they, they're closer to her than she cares to say). Another adventure towards raising reading in the Outerworld, finding the secret recipe for time tra ... (continue)

    More rollicking fun in the Bookworld. Thursday Next now has 3 kids, Landen is un-disappeared; she also has 2 new Jurisfiction agents in tow (who are they, they're closer to her than she cares to say). Another adventure towards raising reading in the Outerworld, finding the secret recipe for time travel, and wondering who her son, Friday, *really* will be in the future.

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    guiltlessreader aka screamingbanshee said on Mar 31, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • I've been reading it for only one day and a half,
    but already LOVE it!
    Actually, the very beginning was quite painful, because I first opened the book during my acupuncture session. Let's say that the outbursts of laughing didn't really help.
    I only pray it goes on like this till the ... (continue)

    I've been reading it for only one day and a half,
    but already LOVE it!
    Actually, the very beginning was quite painful, because I first opened the book during my acupuncture session. Let's say that the outbursts of laughing didn't really help.
    I only pray it goes on like this till the end!

    UPDATE:
    Yes, it does.

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    tam said on Aug 8, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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