“Fforde is a breath of fresh air.” - Kirkus “ furiously agile imagination.Fforde has shaken up genres-fantasy, comedy, crime, sci-fi, parody, literary criticism-and come up with a superb mishmash with lots of affectionate in-jokes for any book lover.” - Miami Herald ake a joy ride with the passionate reader who wrote this novel.” - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “ One of Our Thursdays is Missing is filled with passages which geeky humor jostles with genuine insight about the current state of fiction. “Fforde’s diabolical meshing of insight and humor makes a ‘mimefield’ both frightening and funny, while the reader must traverse a volume that’s minefield of unexpected turns and amusing twists.” - Publishers Weekly “There is no denying Fforde’s supersized imagination, linguistic agility and love of books, Books, BOOKS.” - Chicago Sun-Times “ One of Our Thursdays is Missing, like other Fforde novels, is jam packed with spot-on parody, puns and wry observations about words and genres that will delight literary-minded fans of the series.” - Los Angeles Times Fans will rejoice that their favorite character in the Fforde universe is back.Praise for One of Our Thursdays is Missing Once again New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde has a field day gleefully blending satire, romance, and thriller with literary allusions galore in a fantastic adventure through the landscape of a frisky and fertile imagination. A trip up the mighty Metaphoric River beckons-a trip that will reveal a fiendish plot that threatens the very fabric of the BookWorld itself. The Council wants her to pretend to be the real Thursday and travel as a peacekeeping emissary to the warring factions. But with the real Thursday apparently retired to the Realworld, the Council of Genres turns to the written Thursday.
All-out Genre war is rumbling, and the BookWorld desperately needs a heroine like Thursday Next. Jasper Fforde's exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest.
The sixth installment of the New York Times bestselling Thursday Next series-from the author of The Constant Rabbit
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