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Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde
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'All
life on earth was due to end in a month but I had more pressing
matters to attend to. My husband didn’t exist and unless
I did something about it soon, he might remain that way for ever.' Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday heads back into fiction to search for some answers. Along the way she finds herself helping Miss Havisham close narrative loopholes in Great Expectations, struggling for a deeper understanding of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and learning the truth about Larry the Lamb. Paper politicians, lost Shakespearean manuscripts, woolly mammoth migrations, a flurry of near-fatal coincidences and impending Armageddon are all part of a greater plan. But whose? And why? |
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Review by Nigel (050103) Rating (8/10) Review
by Nigel Thursday has to find a way to get into books now that the prose portal has gone and so becomes a Jurisfiction Agent, assigned the task of protecting literature, and is apprenticed to Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. Full of jokes for the reader of Classical literature this book is delightfully written as a cross between Science Fiction (Chronoguard, Gravitube), Horror (Spike Stoker and the Living Dead) and Surreal Comedy. The story is full of wonderful comedic moments. The capture of Supreme Evil Beings (SEBs) by agent Spike Stoker of SO 17 is so funny. Each SEB considers itself to be unique and supreme, by definition, yet there are thousands of them caught and locked up together. The vacuum cleaner scene when the latest SEB is captured is a classic:
‘Keep him talking!’ yelled Spike as he grabbed the
holdall and pulled out the vacuum cleaner.
As I've said before about The
Eyre Affair, if you have read the many classics that are referred
to you will enjoy this book immensely, but even if not it is still
a very enjoyable read. |
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