Lost in a Good Book\In einem anderen Buch, englische Ausgabe
The follow-up to Fforde's "The Eyre Affair" which is
fast achieving cult status. Literary detective, Thursday Next,
finds herself battling corrupt politicians, saving the world from
extinction and meeting the "Flopsy Bunnies" when she
discovers that her husband of four weeks actually drowned at the
age of two. The hardback edition is also published this month.
Spezialagentin Thursday Next, eben noch strahlende Heldin im Falle
Jane Eyre, wird schwer in die Mangel genommen: Ihre eigene
Dienststelle lässt sie beschatten, bei der Mammut-Herbstwanderung
fällt ihr ein Oldtimer fast auf den Kopf, ihr Dodo legt in ihrer
Küche ein Ei, der eben erst erworbene Ehemann wird von der
ChronoGarde genichtet, und obendrein geht am 12. Dezember die Welt
unter, wenn sie und ihr ewig zeitreisender Vater nicht
herausfinden, warum sich plötzlich alles in rosa Soße verwandelt.
Zum Glück findet sie in Miss Havisham eine strenge Lehrerin, die
ihr zeigt, wie man sich mit Hilfe von Jurisfiction nicht nur aus
einem Prozess à la Kafka, sondern auch aus einer Waschanleitung für
Angorapullover befreit.
Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original -- Sunday Express Let yourself be entertained by a witty romp -- Sunday Telegraph This year's grown up J K Rowling -- Sunday Times Douglas Adams would be proud -- Scotsman The reader is catapulted in and out of truth and imagination on a hectic, humorous and neatly constructed chase that finishes by tying up every loose end in the most satisfying, novelistic way -- The Times Jasper Fforde's fascinating first novel reads like a Jules Verne story told by Lewis Carroll...Forget all the rules of time, space, and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure as Thursday, with the help of Jane Eyre's Mr Rochester, fights a desperate battle in which Jane herself is in jeopardy. -- Sunday Telegraph Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously -- Terry Pratchett A stroke of fantasy genius ... Unashamedly silly, but also marvellously intelligent ... Hilarious -- SFX An absolute joy to read. Is it a crime novel? I couldn't really tell, I was laughing too much. -- Birmingham Post What Fforde is pulling is a variation on the classic Monty Python gambit: the incongruous juxtaposition og low comedy and high erudition - this scam has not been pulled off with such off-hand finesse and manic verve since the Pythons shut up shop. 'The Eyre Affair' is a silly book for smart people: postmodernism played as raw, howling farce -- Independent Compulsively readable ... catnip to book lovers ... totally absorbing -- Time Out New York It is always a privilege to watch the birth of a cult, and Hodder has just cut the umbilical cord. Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters -- Time Out Dark, funny, complex and inventive, The Eyre Affair is a breath of fresh air, and is easily one of the strongest debuts in years. -- Locus A decidedly quirky and strangely thought-provoking debut novel -- Scotland on Sunday The eccentric epic - A read that'll leave you breathless -- Elle Engaging and captivating ... not just one of the best sequels I've ever read, but one of the best damn books to come out of the UK in some time. -- Engima
Jasper Fforde wurde 1961 in Wales geboren. Bevor er sich hauptberuflich dem Schreiben widmen konnte, war er 19 Jahre in der Filmindustrie tätig und verfasste nebenbei Romane. Jasper Fforde lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen sechs Kindern in Wales.
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