{"product_id":"one-of-our-thursdays-is-missing-isbn-9780143120513","title":"One of Our Thursdays Is Missing","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe sixth installment in Jasper Fforde’s \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England—from the author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Riser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDazzlingly funny and imaginative, Jasper Fforde's books have won him the affection of readers, reviewers, and-dare we say it-booksellers alike. Fans can breathe a sigh of relief because Thursday Next-or at least one of her-is back. At a time of great unrest in the BookWorld, only the ace literary detective can avert a devastating Genre War—thing is, Thursday has vanished. Now the written Thursday must answer the call, save the Bookworld, evade capture, and find the actual Thursday! With a clockwork Butler in tow, and Men in Plaid as well as her Designated Love Interest in pursuit, she must reluctantly agree to journey up the mysterious Metaphoric  River for answers.“\u003ci\u003eOne of Our Thursdays is Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, like other Fforde novels, is jam packed with spot-on parody, puns and wry observations about words and genres that will delight literary-minded fans of the series.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “There is no denying Fforde’s supersized imagination, linguistic agility and love of books, Books, BOOKS.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fforde’s diabolical meshing of insight and humor makes a ‘mimefield’ both frightening and funny, while the reader must traverse a volume that’s minefield of unexpected turns and amusing twists.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eOne of Our Thursdays is Missing\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with passages [in] which geeky humor jostles with genuine insight about the current state of fiction. . . . [T]ake a joy ride with the passionate reader who wrote this novel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal-Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Sunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A riot of puns, in-jokes and literary allusions that Fforde carries off with aplomb”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list with \u003ci\u003eThe Eyre Affair, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first book in the Thursday Next series. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Riser \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit;\u003c\/i\u003e the Nursery Crime Adventures series; the Shades of Grey series; and the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television as a movie. He lives in Wales.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304734249189,"sku":"NP9780143120513","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143120513.jpg?v=1767734190","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/one-of-our-thursdays-is-missing-isbn-9780143120513","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}