More. After enjoying all Thursday Next books, I was a bit reluctant to start reading the final volume, as it often happens to me with series I really love. Jasper Fforde with this series sets his own standards and I am pretty sure I will find myself comparing new authors to this work in the future. Please check by using, Don't ask. . Like “I am by turns a petulant adolescent and a mature man, a melancholy loner and a wit telling actors their trade. Your order is now being processed and we have sent a confirmation email to you at. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This item can be requested from the shops shown below. The fourth book in the ingenious Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde.

. ), Wales a socialist Republic and the "United Clans of Scotland" launch attacks upon Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Minotaur and Hamlet come to life and Croquet is played as the national sport and at World League - if you like bizarre, then this won't let you down, it's simply hilarious. . . Hardcover, Book Description Hardcover. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Number of pages: 416 Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2006. - IndependentA born wordsmith of effervescent imagination (Christina Hardyment, Independent)Amazing . SOMETHING ROTTEN is arguably Fforde's best book yet . And why is it so difficult to find reliable childcare? Condition: New. This is from a man that only reads nonfiction. Please try your request again later. Fforde is a true original (Sunday Express on Lost in a Good Book)It's a lot of fun, and beautifully done, as ever, by Jasper Fforde. In this novel, Thursday comes back to the "real" world and focuses on getting Landen back. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Softcover, Hodder..., 2004 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. Condition: New. Buy it; chuckles guaranteed.' The fourth book in the phenomenally successful, bestselling Thursday Next adventures, from an author with the trans-genre appeal of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation. . Fforde does a great job with his postmodern references to the media, and the way he can poke fun at novels themselves is always enjoyable. Brilliant - ascerbic.

Fforde has a knack of creating memorable characters whom the reader greets like long-lost friends . Would you like to proceed to the App store to download the Waterstones App? All the books in the series are such fabulous reads, "unputdownable", in fact.

. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Jasper Fforde is a bestselling British novelist and the author of Thursday Next series. Seller Inventory # DH29pg301to675-22305, Book Description Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. Fforde has a knack of creating memorable characters whom the reader greets like long-lost friends . Thursday Next, Head of JurisFiction and ex-SpecOps agent, returns to her native Swindon accompanied by a child of two, a pair of dodos and Hamlet, who is on a fact-finding mission in the real world. Softcover, Hodder..., 2004 It's not going to be easy. If you have changed your email address then contact us and we will update your details. . [9780670033591] Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page. Something Rotten: Well, here it is at last, the fourth installment in the Thursday Next series, Something Rotten. Where is the missing President-for-life George Formby? . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 April 2020, Perfect brain fodder for spring 2020 when the world is going to hell in a handcart. Thursday Next, Head of JurisFiction and ex-SpecOps agent, returns to her native Swindon accompanied by a child of two, a pair of dodos and Hamlet, who is on a fact-finding mission in the real world. Please select a reason for reporting this review: We have recently updated our Privacy Policy. Please enter your email address below and we'll send you a link to reset your password. His latest book The Constant Rabbit is published in July 2020. Your local Waterstones may have stock of this item. The Well Of Lost Plots: Thursday Next Book 3, First Among Sequels: Thursday Next Book 5, Lost in a Good Book: Thursday Next Book 2, The Woman Who Died a Lot: Thursday Next Book 7, The Constant Rabbit: The Sunday Times bestseller, The Big Over Easy: Nursery Crime Adventures 1, the new volume is the best yet, which is quite remarkable considering how good the others were (. . (For tour details, click HERE). Buy it; chuckles guaranteed.' . After 2 years as Bellman for Jurisfiction, Thursday has begun to miss the Real World, and decides to go back to Swindon with her two-year-old son, Friday, to see if she can get her husband Landen Parke-Laine, currently eradicated by the Chrono-Guard, un-eradicated. Until now, whenever I was reading books of comic fiction I would inevitably compare them to Pratchett, but not this time. Where is the missing President-for-life George Formby? 1-Click ordering is not available for this item. £ 26.66