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The third book in the phenomenal Thursday Next series from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde.

In the words of one critic: ''Don''t ask. Just read it.''

Leaving Swindon behind her to hide out in the Well of Lost Plots (the place where all fiction is created), Thursday Next, Literary Detective and soon-to-be one parent family, ponders her next move from within an unpublished book of dubious merit entitled ''Caversham Heights''. Landen, her husband, is still eradicated, Aornis Hades is meddling with Thursday''s memory, and Miss Havisham - when not sewing up plot-holes in ''Mill on the Floss'' - is trying to break the land-speed record on the A409.

But something is rotten in the state of Jurisfiction. Perkins is ''accidentally'' eaten by the minotaur, and Snell succumbs to the Mispeling Vyrus. As a shadow looms over popular fiction, Thursday must keep her wits about her and discover not only what is going on, but also who she can tru

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Jasper Fforde has gone where no other fictioneer has gone before. Millions of readers now follow ... Thank you, Jasper * John Sutherland, Guardian *
A born wordsmith of effervescent imagination * Christina Hardyment, Independent *
[Fforde's] brand of inspired lunacy truly stands on its own ... this new book completes his creation of a world of true literary comic genius * Sunday Express on The Well of Lost Plots *
The third of this cult series sees Jasper Fforde hitting his stride ... should be a joy to anyone who loves reading * Time Out on The Well of Lost Plots *
An immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience * New York Times on Lost in a Good Book *
Douglas Adams would be proud * Scotsman on Lost in a Good Book *
Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original * Sunday Express on Lost in a Good Book *
This year's grown-up JK Rowling * Sunday Times *
The Eyre Affair is a silly book for smart people; postmodernism played as raw, howling farce * Independent *
It is always a privilege to watch the birth of a cult, and Hodder has just cut the umbilical cord ... There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters * Time Out, on 'The Eyre Affair' *
Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously * Terry Pratchett on The Eyre Affair *
This year's grown-up JK Rowling * Sunday Times on Lost in a Good Book *

The Well of Lost Plots

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/01/2004
      ISBN13: 9780340825938, 978-0340825938
      ISBN10: 0340825936

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The third book in the phenomenal Thursday Next series from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde.

      In the words of one critic: ''Don''t ask. Just read it.''

      Leaving Swindon behind her to hide out in the Well of Lost Plots (the place where all fiction is created), Thursday Next, Literary Detective and soon-to-be one parent family, ponders her next move from within an unpublished book of dubious merit entitled ''Caversham Heights''. Landen, her husband, is still eradicated, Aornis Hades is meddling with Thursday''s memory, and Miss Havisham - when not sewing up plot-holes in ''Mill on the Floss'' - is trying to break the land-speed record on the A409.

      But something is rotten in the state of Jurisfiction. Perkins is ''accidentally'' eaten by the minotaur, and Snell succumbs to the Mispeling Vyrus. As a shadow looms over popular fiction, Thursday must keep her wits about her and discover not only what is going on, but also who she can tru

      Trade Review
      Jasper Fforde has gone where no other fictioneer has gone before. Millions of readers now follow ... Thank you, Jasper * John Sutherland, Guardian *
      A born wordsmith of effervescent imagination * Christina Hardyment, Independent *
      [Fforde's] brand of inspired lunacy truly stands on its own ... this new book completes his creation of a world of true literary comic genius * Sunday Express on The Well of Lost Plots *
      The third of this cult series sees Jasper Fforde hitting his stride ... should be a joy to anyone who loves reading * Time Out on The Well of Lost Plots *
      An immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience * New York Times on Lost in a Good Book *
      Douglas Adams would be proud * Scotsman on Lost in a Good Book *
      Don't ask, just read it. Fforde is a true original * Sunday Express on Lost in a Good Book *
      This year's grown-up JK Rowling * Sunday Times *
      The Eyre Affair is a silly book for smart people; postmodernism played as raw, howling farce * Independent *
      It is always a privilege to watch the birth of a cult, and Hodder has just cut the umbilical cord ... There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters * Time Out, on 'The Eyre Affair' *
      Ingenious - I'll watch Jasper Fforde nervously * Terry Pratchett on The Eyre Affair *
      This year's grown-up JK Rowling * Sunday Times on Lost in a Good Book *

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