Jasper ffordes most popular book is the constant rabbit. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Jasper fforde was born in 1961 and spent his early career in the film industry. Lost in a good book is the second release in the series and ive given it a very high 3 of 5 stars. Lost in a good book by jasper fforde 9780340733578 dymocks.
This was to start a trend in his work for the fantastical and funny that has been integrated into his work throughout much of his career. Okay, maybe lost in a good book is a creature with more than the usual number of feet. Lost in a good book is the second book by jasper fforde and the sequel to the first adventure of literary detective thursday next, the eyre affair. Feb 26, 2015 i read the first book in the thursday next series in november 2014 and adored it. Introduction to lost in a good book thursdays hopes for a quiet life with her new husband, landen, are dashed when a seemingly impossible string of coincidences involving a falling car, a disgruntled neanderthal, and a mysterious young woman leads to some extremely close brushes with death. Author interview jasper fforde, author of the well of lost.
The novel was rejected 76 times before finally being sold. From communication via footnotes to the book adventures within and without its good literary fun as well as simply being adventure of the enjoyable if entirely fantastical sort. Yet, the reader may spend so much time laughing or being amused at the parody of our own reality that its easy to ignore the books faults. Just as she did in eyre, thursday preserves the integrity of embattled masterpieces, ending up gracefully poised for the next forthcoming sequel announced in an endnote, the well of lost plots.
Lost in a good book the eyre affair is the debut novel by english author jasper fforde, published by hodder and stoughton in 2001. While a reader can start with lost in a good book, to fully understand whats going on it helps to have read the eyre affair because so much of what is going on is set up there and explained. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The second installment in jasper ffordes new york times bestselling series follows literary detective thursday next on another. There are so many new things that we get to know about her world which are fantastical and make for a fascinating read. Jasper fforde had a stroke of brilliance with the thursday next series of adventure books.
But its exceptionally light on all of themfforde is irrepressible good company the washington post. It won the independent mystery booksellers association 2004 dilys award. The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with the eyre affair continues with jasper fforde s magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth thursday next. The well of lost plots is the third novel in the thursday nextseries.
His novel is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank and tiltawhirl. In the second installment of the thursday next saga, detective next is blackmailed into going into poes the raven and releasing a nefarious agent from the pages of the story where he has been imprisoned. Here, in author jasper fforde s england of 1985, people keep dodo birds as pets, a special police unit drives stakes through vampires hearts, tunbridge wells has been given over to russia in war reparations, london to sydney travel time is 40 minutes by gravitube through the earths center, air travel is by lighter. He is the author of several novels, which cross over genres, and are a mixture of fantasy, crime thriller, and humorous fiction. Lost in a good book is an alternate history fantasy novel by jasper fforde. Buy lost in a good book by jasper fforde from waterstones today. Lost in a good book is the 2nd book in the thursday next series by jasper fforde. Rather, fforde s purpose is to bring pure and unadulterated enjoyment to his readers. Lost in a good book by jasper fforde 9780142004036 dymocks. Jasper fforde is the author of the eyre affair, lost in a good book, both from penguin and the well of lost plots viking, the first three books in the thursday next fantasydetective series. Jasper fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the new york times bestseller list with the eyre affair in 2002.
Dec 10, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. The eyre affair, lost in a good book, the well of lost plots, something rotten, first among sequels, one of our thursdays is missing and the woman who died a lot. As its a very difficult book to truly wrap your head around, it couldnt get a 5 from me. Ffordes wicked sense of humor and wideranging intelligence make every page a joy. Jasper fforde has 34 books on goodreads with 744434 ratings. Buy a cheap copy of the well of lost plots book by jasper fforde. In lost in a good book and the well of lost plots, fforde gets a bit bogged down in all the details of the fictional universe.
Since then he has written another twelve novels, including the number one sunday times bestseller one of our. Jasper fforde s exuberant return to the fantastical bookworld opens during a time of great unrest. Fans of terry pratchetts discworld novels should check out ffordes engagingly skewed comic utopia. Lost in a good book by jasper fforde the second outing of thursday next is also quite fun and entertaining in a very crazy way. I was a bit disappointed after reading the eyre affair for the second time it wasnt as enjoyable as i remembered it so i wasnt sure what to expect from lost in a good book. Jasper fforde has returned to his nonsensical world of thursday next in lost in a good book. Lost in a good book takes place a few months after the events of the eyre affair. Lost in a good book employs many of the mechanisms that made the eyre affair a literary success, but most of its appeal undoubtedly resides in its protagonist. It is as hard to come up with a new fictional gimmick a really novel novel as a new vice. First among sequels, something rotten, well of lost plots and lost in a good book by jasper fforde at. Granted, it had its problems in terms of pacing, but i had such a blast reading about the adventures of the main protagonist thursday. Thursday next, literary detective and newlywed, is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep.
Lost in a good book by jasper fforde thursday next. The second installment in jasper ffordes new york times bestselling series follows literary detective thursday next on another adventure in her. Writing and publishing his first book, the eyre affair, in 2001, the writer jasper fforde made his debut on the literary scene with a good impact. Jasper fforde, lost in a good book ill tell you what love is i said, it is blind devotion, unquestioning self humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your heart and soul to the smiter. Lost in a good book by jasper fforde reading guide. Do check first that your potential upgrade is not already listed.
Fresh from her adventures in the eyre affair, thursday next is enjoying married life until she is informed that her husband, landen parkelaine, died 38 years ago. Reading guide for lost in a good book by jasper fforde. Still, lost in a good book is a fun romp, the details throughout very enjoyable and creative. It is remarkably creative, imaginary and a masterpiece full of fun and breathtaking revelations that takes place three months after the end of the eyre affair. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Contributions always welcome to add to the upgrades as we also use them to finetune the paperback editions, and to correct translation copies. Click on a link below to take you to the correct upgrade page. Jul 26, 2003 the well of lost plots by jasper fforde 362pp, hodder. Fforde packs lost in a good book to the rafters with sophisticated literary allusions, numerous interweaving subplots and wildly imaginative details. Thursday next book 2 by fforde, jasper from amazons fiction books store. Characters in search of an exit the new york times. His published books include a series of novels starring the literary detective thursday next. When landen, the love of her life, is eradicated by the corrupt multinational goliath corporation, thursday must moonlight as a prose.
Lost in a good book, jasper fforde the book lovers sanctuary. For all things related to the second in the thursday next series, click on the links below. Lost in a good book by jasper fforde literary detective thursday next teams up with dickens miss havisham to fight world destruction and an outbreak of deadly coincidences. Rather, ffordes purpose is to bring pure and unadulterated enjoyment to his readers. These are not, however, allusions designed for intellectual consideration. About lost in a good book the second installment in jasper fforde s new york times bestselling series follows literary detective thursday next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literatureobsessed england from the author of early riser. The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun. This is the second book in the thursday next series by jasper fforde. Now married to landen parkelaine and enjoying the fame associated with her spectacular defeat of the villain acheron hades, it seems that thursday is set for a life of relative stability and happiness. Set in an alternate nearpresent around 1985, thursdays world is a bit different from the one we know most notably in its devotion to the literary world. Make sure you are reading the most uptodate copy of my books. Its obvious from the way he leaves things that fforde has many. Mar 31, 2002 i read lost in a good book when it was first published but decided to read the whole series again before burying myself in its last instalment, the woman who died a lot.
Feb 24, 2004 fforde s wicked sense of humor and wideranging intelligence make every page a joy. The second installment in jasper ffordes new york times bestselling series follows literary detective thursday next on another adventure in her alternate reality. Lost in a good book may be a painful rite of passage for a linear thinker. Allout genre war is rumbling, and the bookworld desperately needs a heroine like thursday next. Below is a list of jasper ffordes books in order of when they were originally published. But with the real thursday apparently retired to the. In this second novel, the literary detective must deal with the fame she achieved in the eyre affair while also trying to continue her daily life as a newlywed with landen parkelaine. Oct 06, 2015 lost in a good book, jasper fforde the second thursday next book picks up immediately after the end of the eyre affair and is a fun and joyful thing. Lost in a good book uses a variety of literary allusions as it follows thursday through a vast government conspiracy. Fforde published his first novel, the eyre affair, in 2001.