So hätte es sein können, wäre Wales 1985 eine Sowjetrepublik gewesen: Menschen gehen in Gedichten von Wordsworth verloren. Jane Eyre wird in einer feigen Zurschaustellung von literarischem Vandalismus entführt. Diese Fälle sind das täglich Brot für Literaturdetektivin Thursday Next, deren Hartnäckigkeit so bemerkenswert ist wie ihr Liebesleben verheerend.

Zusatztext Surely a cult in the making Informationen zum Autor Jasper Fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the New York Times bestseller list with The Eyre Affair in 2001. Since then, he has written another fifteen novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller One of Our Thursdays Is Missing , The Constant Rabbit and The Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television by Sky. Fforde lives and works in his adopted nation of Wales. Jasper is @jasperfforde on Instagram, Threads and Substack. Visit his website at jasperfforde.com. Klappentext This debut is the first in a series of "Thursday Next" novels, the second of which is due next year. This book takes the reader to an eccentric parallel world where dodos are regenerated, computers don't exist and policemen can travel across time. This will receive a big promotional campaign and is expected to do very well. The Eyre Affair is Jasper Fforde's first novel, and the debut of a fresh and delightfully original new voice. Zusammenfassung The Eyre Affair is Jasper Fforde's first novel, and the debut of a fresh and delightfully original new voice.

Surely a cult in the making

Vorwort
The Eyre Affair is Jasper Fforde's first novel, and the debut of a fresh and delightfully original new voice.

Autorentext

Jasper Fforde's first novel was publishing to astonishing critical and commercial success in 2001. Since then he has written 3 other Thursday next novels, and is working on the first in a new series of crime novels. Jasper lives near Hay-on-Wye and flies Tiger Moth aeroplanes as relaxation.

Klappentext

This debut is the first in a series of "Thursday Next" novels, the second of which is due next year. This book takes the reader to an eccentric parallel world where dodos are regenerated, computers don't exist and policemen can travel across time. This will receive a big promotional campaign and is expected to do very well.