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First among Sequels by Jasper Fforde (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670038717
ISBN-139780670038718
eBay Product ID (ePID)57171004
Product Key Features
Book TitleFirst Among Sequels
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicFantasy / General, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJasper Fforde
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-014615
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal823.92
SynopsisThe fifth 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 England Jasper Fforde has thrilled readers everywhere with his gloriously outlandish novels in the Thursday Next and Nursery Crime series. And with another genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainmentis Thursday Next: First Among Sequels , Fforde's famous literary detective is once again ready to make the world safe for fiction. Thursday Next is grappling with a host of problems in BookWorld: a recalcitrant new apprentice, the death of Sherlock Holmes, and the inexplicable departure of comedy from the once- hilarious Thomas Hardy novels, to name just a few--all while captaining the ship Moral Dilemma and facing down her most vicious enemy yet: herself. Thursday's zany investigations continue with Our Thursdays is Missing . Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including Jasper Fforde's latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot . Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world! Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book., Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Ffordes 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 its better than ever. Its been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursdays 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 whats going onthere is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And thats not allThe 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, Thursdays return is sureto be celebrated by Jaspers fanatical fans and the critics who have loved him since the beginning., Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Ffordes wildly popular series. Packed with word play, bizarre and entertaining subplots, and old-fashioned suspense, Thursdays newest adventure will be celebrated by fans and critics alike., The fifth 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 England Jasper Fforde has thrilled readers everywhere with his gloriously outlandish novels in the Thursday Next and Nursery Crime series. And with another genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainmentis "Thursday Next: First Among Sequels," Fforde s famous literary detective is once again ready to make the world safe for fiction. Thursday Next is grappling with a host of problems in BookWorld: a recalcitrant new apprentice, the death of Sherlock Holmes, and the inexplicable departure of comedy from the once- hilarious Thomas Hardy novels, to name just a few all while captaining the ship "Moral Dilemma" and facing down her most vicious enemy yet: herself. Thursday s zany investigations continue with "Our Thursdays is Missing." Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including Jasper Fforde s latest bestseller, "The Woman Who Died A Lot." Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book."
LC Classification NumberPR6106.F67T475 2007
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