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Jasper Fforde

    January 11, 1961

    Jasper Fforde is a master of language, renowned for his unique ability to blend literary tradition with absurd comedy. His works, often set in alternate realities, explore the boundaries of fiction and the nature of storytelling. With a keen eye for detail and unexpected twists, Fforde crafts worlds where characters can move between books and history takes on entirely new forms. His innovative approach to genre and playful examination of literary conventions make him an unforgettable author.

    Jasper Fforde
    The Great Troll War
    The Song of the Quarkbeast
    The Woman Who Died a Lot
    Oriental Carpet Design
    Red Side Story
    Red Side Story: The spectacular and colourful new novel from the bestselling author of Shades of Grey
    • Imagine a world where your position in society depended on what bit of the colour spectrum you could see. This is the world inhabited by Eddie Russett (red, middle-level) and Jane Grey (monochromatic, lowest in society). Eddie and Jane must negotiate the delicate Chromatic politics of society to find out what the 'Something that Happened' actually was, how society got to be this way, and crucially, is there Somewhere Else beyond their borders - and if there is, could there be Someone Else, too, someone whose unseen hand has been guiding the fortunes and misfortunes of the nation for the past 500 years?It's a tale of a young couple's thirst for justice and answers in an implacably rigid society, where the prisoners are also the guards, and cages of convention bind the citizens to only one way of thinking - or suffer the consequences. . ..

      Red Side Story: The spectacular and colourful new novel from the bestselling author of Shades of Grey
    • Thirteen years after the smash-hit Shades of Grey, Eddie Russett and Jane Grey are about to embark on a new adventure ...

      Red Side Story
    • Oriental Carpet Design

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.4(43)Add rating

      A reference guide to the structural and design features of oriental rugs and carpets, illuminating the history and essential elements of each pattern. Descriptions of key characteristics appear with an area-by-area appraisal of the quality of modern production.

      Oriental Carpet Design
    • The Woman Who Died a Lot

      • 366 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.2(226)Add rating

      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ex-detective Thursday Next faces her trickiest assignment yet in the seventh novel of this renowned series, “[a] bibliophile’s Wonderland” (The Plain Dealer). “It’s safe to say that if you enjoy that particularly British, Douglas Adams–style absurd delivery of wry observations, you’ll get a kick out of [The Woman Who Died a Lot].”—New York Journal of Books Thursday Next, the Bookworld’s leading enforcement officer, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When her former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes she’s the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. Sadly, our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind: Chief Librarian of the Swindon All-You-Can-Eat-at-Fatso’s Drink Not Included Library. But where Thursday goes, trouble follows. As the new Chief Librarian faces 100 percent budget cuts and trouble from the ever-evil Jack Schitt, the Next children face their own career hiccups—and possible nonexistence. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT

      The Woman Who Died a Lot
    • The Song of the Quarkbeast

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.2(90)Add rating

      In an alternate United Kingdom, King Snodd aims to control the world by controlling magic, and only sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange, acting manager of an employment agency for sorcerers, stands between Snodd and his plans.

      The Song of the Quarkbeast
    • The final instalment of the Last Dragonslayer Chronicles, demonstrating that with a small band of committed followers, a large tin of resolve and steely determination, almost anything can be achieved...

      The Great Troll War
    • Constant Rabbit

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.2(126)Add rating

      Jasper Fforde's fantastical new satire - what happens when a family of human-sized, human-like rabbits moves in next door?

      Constant Rabbit
    • Shades of Grey

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.2(1328)Add rating

      Welcome to Chromatacia, where for as long as anyone can remember society has been ruled by a Colortocracy. Social hierachy is based upon one's limited color perception. society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see, and Eddie Russett, a better-than-average red perception wants to move up.

      Shades of Grey
    • Something Rotten

      A Thursday Next Novel

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.2(30602)Add rating

      In this fourth installment, literary detective Thursday Next embarks on a new adventure in a whimsical, literature-obsessed England. The story continues to blend elements of fantasy and mystery, showcasing Fforde's signature wit and creativity as Thursday navigates a world where books and reality intertwine. Fans of the series can expect clever plot twists and engaging characters that explore the power of literature in a unique alternate reality.

      Something Rotten
    • Thursday Next, literary detective and newlywed, is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, and it will do almost anything to achieve this - but bribing the ChronoGuard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, and help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance meeting with the Flopsy Bunnies, and violent life-and-death struggles in the summer sales are all part of a greater plan. But whose? and why?

      Lost in a Good Book