one of our thursdays is missing by jasper fforde

Fforde's diabolical meshing of insight and humor makes a 'mimefield' both frightening and funny, while the reader must traverse a volume that's a minefield of unexpected and amusing twists. The newest tour de force from The New York Times bestselling author of Thursday Next and Shades of. 00:00, Fri, Review: One Of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde This series of novels is set in a world in which Swindon is the capital of England, the Crimean war is still going. Outrageous puns (e.g., a restaurant called Inn Uendo) and clever observations relating to the real book world (e.g., the inhabitants of 'Vanity' island now prefer Self-Published or Collaborative) abound. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde available in Trade Paperback on, also read synopsis and reviews. It's not always possible to know where one is in BookWorld, which has been drastically remade, or in Fforde's book, which shares the madcap makeup of Alice in Wonderland, even borrowing Alice's dodo. As written Thursday Next finds herself playing roles intended for her real counterpart, BookWorld's elite try to deal with a border dispute between Racy Novel and Women's Fiction. Only the diplomatic skills of ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. Jasper Ffordes exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest.

With the real Thursday Next missing, the 'written' Thursday Next leaves her book to undertake an assignment for the Jurisfiction Accident Investigation Department, in Fforde's wild and wacky sixth BookWorld novel (after Thursday Next: First Among Sequels). One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde Thursday Next 6 Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Number of pages: 416 My copy: trade paperback, bought from National Bookstore It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld.

One of our thursdays is missing by jasper fforde