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The Eyre Affair : Thursday Next Book 1

by Jasper Fforde
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Literary detective chases book-napper in alternate reality.

Recommended for fans of surreal humor and metafiction.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2002)
  • IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (2002)
  • Dilys Award Nominee (2003)
  • ALA Alex Award (2003)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Eyre Affair : Thursday Next Book 1

by Jasper Fforde
$6.90 Now $3.90 Save 43% more
ISBN: 9780340733561
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $17.79
Authors: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Date of Publication: 2001-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Fantasy
Related Topics: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 131879 readers)

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Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend.There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave's Mr Big.Acheron Hades has been kidnapping characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing.Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays.Perhaps today just isn't going to be Thursday's day. Join her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourself. Fiction will never be the same again...
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Literary detective chases book-napper in alternate reality.

Recommended for fans of surreal humor and metafiction.

  • Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2002)
  • IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (2002)
  • Dilys Award Nominee (2003)
  • ALA Alex Award (2003)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.