The Woman Who Died a Lot Synopsis
The BookWorld's leading enforcement officer Thursday Next is four months into an enforced semi-retirement following an assassination attempt. She returns home to Swindon for what you'd expect to be a time of recuperation. If only life were that simple.
Thursday is faced with an array of family problems - son Friday's lack of focus since his career in the Chronoguard was relegated to a might-have-been, daughter Tuesday's difficulty perfecting the Anti-Smote shield needed to thwart an angry Deity's promise to wipe Swindon off the face of the earth, and Jenny, who doesn't exist. And that's not all.
With Goliath attempting to replace Thursday at every opportunity with synthetic Thursdays, the prediction that Friday's Destiny-Aware colleagues will die in mysterious circumstances, and a looming meteorite that could destroy all human life on earth, Thursday's retirement is going to be anything but easy . . .
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780340963135 |
| Publication date: |
31st January 2013 |
| Author: |
Jasper Fforde |
| Publisher: |
Hodder Paperback an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
384 pages |
| Series: |
A Thursday Next Novel |
| Primary Genre |
Science Fiction
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Jasper Fforde Press Reviews
Praise for Jasper Fforde - :
'Reading a Fforde novel feels like taking off on a magic carpet, only to be picked up by another and another and taken on new flights of fantasy . . . When the plot is thundering along, peppered with jokes, lively dialogue and silly names . . . you just sit back and enjoy the ride.' - Scotsman
'Jam packed with ingeniously witty ideas' - SFX.co.uk
A riot of puns, in-jokes and literary allusions that Fforde carries off with aplomb - Daily Mail
'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' - Herald
'Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure.' - Sunday Telegraph
'Any worries that by now the Thursday Next series would have settled into a rut prove groundless here, as Jasper Fforde delivers another swerveball . . . It's the usual mix of fiendishly clever plotting and exquisitely executed comedy setpieces'*** - SFX
As always, Fforde delivers a winner - immensely entertaining and easy to read. The characters are well rounded, and the dialogue snappy, amusing and filled with the usual plays on words and general silliness . . . If you've not experienced Fforde's unique humour before, then check the Thursday Next series out. - The British Fantasy Society
This is truly wacky, laugh-out-loud, literary-laced stuff. He is very clever. - The Bookseller
I love Jasper Fforde's novels but have to admit that reviewing them is hard work - how to explain his complicated alternative universe without revealing too much of the plot and at the same time encouraging readers to plunge in and just enjoy the ride? All I can say is - I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and that it encourages you to read the others - you won't be disappointed - Euro Crime
Hugely funny and gloriously imaginative - Daily Express
About Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and sucking the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.
Fellow novelist KERRY REICHS on JASPER FFORDE
The Thursday Next and
Nursery Crime series are a quirky treat for any bibliophile. Fforde draws readers into hilarious and surreal alternative universes, such as a 1985 Britain where dodos are a common pet and the Goliath Corporation controls the world. Favorite fictional characters have active lives behind their pages, and literary factionalism is more influential than politics. Full of clever entertainment and sly references,
The Eyre Affair is a tour de force of the small but highly entertaining science fiction literary detective thriller. I view it as one of my greatest accomplishments that I was referenced as an “Out World” writer in
First Among Sequels.
Author Photo © Mari Roberts
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