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Loading... Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Mysteryby Jasper Fforde
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. bell7 | Jun 10, 2009 |   The first of the Thursday Next series, and in my opinion the best. The novel is set in an alternate England which is still at war in the Crimea. The titular hero is a Literatec--someone who tracks down fake first editions of famous books--who is asked to help apprehend Acheron Hades, an old college professor of hers, before he erases the characters from Martin Chuzzlewit. It's full of fun literary in-jokes, has a certain Dirk Gently feel to it, and is great fun to read. Highly recommended, but the series goes somewhat downhill after the third or fourth book. (  )Ndkchk | May 16, 2009 | Love love love love love. The Thursday Next books just get better and better! I can't wait to read the next book! ( )norabelle414 | Apr 8, 2009 | This is another creative book by Jasper Fforde. I felt the beginning was a bit long and it seemed to take forever for Thursday to have Landen reactualized, but in the end it was worth the wait although I felt the homecoming could have been a lot more dramatic and emotional. (  )TogetherForGood | Mar 31, 2009 | Review of the audiobook version: This was an excellent installment in the series and provided a real twist at the end. All of the favorite characters from past books make an appearance and there are some really clever exchanges that had me laughing out loud. In general, I liked the narration, but the voice given for Landen made him sound like an oaf. (  )missylc | Mar 24, 2009 | 0.042 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 014303541X, Paperback)The popularity of Jasper Fforde’s one-of-a-kind series builds with each new book. Now in the fourth installment, the resourceful literary detective Thursday Next returns to Swindon from the BookWorld accompanied by her son Friday and none other than the dithering Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioner Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon’s patron saint foretells doom, and, if that isn’t bad enough, The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And will she ever find reliable child care? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde’s legions of fans.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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For months, my mom has been begging me to read this book, the fourth in a series that I first recommended to her. So she was pleased when I finally got to it, laughed at loud on several occasions, and promptly finished it only to revisit some favorite parts with her. I recommend reading Hamlet first, as it will make the bookish humor that much more enjoyable. (