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Jasper Fforde’s sequel to The Eyre Affair follows Thursday Next, a resourceful literary sleuth and member of the police force inside books. After her lover Landen is eliminated by the corrupt Goliath Corporation, Thursday is assigned to protect a newly discovered play by Shakespeare. She is guided by the cynical Miss Havisham in training, and then thrown into the worlds of Poe, Kafka, Austen, and Beatrix Potter. As she attempts to rescue Landen, Thursday faces a series of lethal coincidences and must stop a mysterious pink sludge from engulfing all life.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Literary Fiction/Experimental Fiction
Authors: Jasper Fforde
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