{"product_id":"lost-in-a-good-book-isbn-9780142004036","title":"Lost in a Good Book","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit \u003c\/i\u003ecomes “Harry Potter just for adults . . . [an] immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)—the second novel in the renowned Thursday Next series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e] is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank, and tilt-a-whirl.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, she was sorely mistaken.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHer adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside the books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens’s \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations, \u003c\/i\u003ewho teaches her to book-jump like a pro.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf Thursday retrieves a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of Poe’s “The Raven,” she thinks Goliath might return her lost love, Landen. But her latest mission is endlessly complicated. Not only are there side trips into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter’s \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Flopsy Bunnies\u003c\/i\u003e, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE 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 LOTLost in a Good Book1. \u003ci\u003eThe Adrian Lush Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. The Speical Operations Network\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eCardenio\u003c\/i\u003e Unbound\u003cbr\u003e4. Five Coincidences, Seven Irma Cohens and One Confused Neanderthal\u003cbr\u003e5. Vanishing Hitchhikers\u003cbr\u003e4a. Five Coincidences, Seven Irma Cohens and One Confused Thursday Next\u003cbr\u003e6. Family\u003cbr\u003e7. White Horse, Uffington, Picnics, for the Use of\u003cbr\u003e8. Mr. Stiggins and SO-1\u003cbr\u003e9. The More Things Stay the Same\u003cbr\u003e10. A Lack of Differences\u003cbr\u003e11. Granny Next\u003cbr\u003e12. At Home with My Memories\u003cbr\u003e13. Mount Pleasant\u003cbr\u003e14. The Gravitube™\u003cbr\u003e15. Curiouser \u0026amp; Curiouser in Osaka\u003cbr\u003e16. Interview with the Cat\u003cbr\u003e17. Miss Havisham\u003cbr\u003e18. The Trial of Fräulein N\u003cbr\u003e19. Bargain Books\u003cbr\u003e20. Yorrick Kaine\u003cbr\u003e21. Les Artes Modernes de Swindon '85\u003cbr\u003e22. Travels with My Father\u003cbr\u003e23. Fun with Spike\u003cbr\u003e24. Performance-Related Pay, Miles Hawke \u0026amp; Norland Park\u003cbr\u003e25. Roll Call at Jurisfiction\u003cbr\u003e26. Assignment One: Bloophole Filled in \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27. Landen and Joffy Again\u003cbr\u003e28. \"The Raven\"\u003cbr\u003e29. Rescued\u003cbr\u003e30. \u003ci\u003eCardenio\u003c\/i\u003e Rebound\u003cbr\u003e31. Dream Topping\u003cbr\u003e32. The End of Life As We Know It\u003cbr\u003e33. The Dawn of Life as We Know It\u003cbr\u003e34. The Well of Lost Plots“Enchanting . . . a tale to savor. Harry Potter fans outgrowing Hogwarts should dive in.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eLost [in a Good Book]\u003c\/i\u003e is even more richly crammed with jokes, ideas and action. Brainier silliness is hard to find. A-.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fforde [has a] head-spinning narrative agility. His novel is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank and tilt-a-whirl. Okay, maybe \u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a creature with more than the usual number of feet. But it’s exceptionally light on all of them . . . [Fforde] is irrepressible good company” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Car chases, missing husbands, evil villains, a plucky heroine, and the Cheshire Cat. Jasper Fforde’s latest is mystery at its most fun—with a sci-fi twist.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[A]n analogue of Harry Potter just for adults . . . effortlessly readable and unashamedly escapist . . . . [A]n immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A joyful read, full of puns, allusions, and sheer fun. Highly recommended.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Time flies—and leaps and zigzags—while reading this wickedly funny and clever fantasy. Would-be wordsmiths and mystery fans will find the surreal genre-buster irresistible.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Just what the doctor ordered now, in a world under the shadow of war, at the tail end of a long, cold winter . . . \u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e resembles whipped cream—as sweet and light as the promise of spring.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Entertainingly surreal. Perhaps even more clever than its predecessor [\u003ci\u003eThe Eyre Affair\u003c\/i\u003e], the new story offers a plot stuffed with enough coincidences and characters to make Dickens proud.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The book-jumping high jinks continue in Fforde’s equally whimsical \u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book . . . \u003c\/i\u003eits mix of surrealism, satire and adventure proves to be totally absorbing.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fforde’s wicked sense of humor and wide-ranging intelligence make every page a joy.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Orleans Times-Picayune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fforde packs \u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e to the rafters with sophisticated literary allusions, numerous interweaving subplots and wildly imaginative details. It’s obvious from the way he leaves things that Fforde has many more adventures in mind for his heroine; and with so many classics to choose from, Thursday will have plenty of allies on her side.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “If Thursday’s adventures prove nothing else, it is that reading can be wonderfully exciting, a lot of fun, and a welcome, maybe necessary, distraction from our quotidian cares.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\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.I didn’t ask to be a celebrity. I never wanted to appear on The Adrian Lush Show. And let’s get one thing straight right now – the world would have to be hurtling towards imminent destruction before I’d agree to anything as dopey as The Thursday Next Workout Video.\u003cp\u003eThe publicity surrounding the successful rebookment of Jane Eyre was fun to begin with but rapidly grew wearisome. I happily posed for photocalls, agreed to newspaper interviews, hesitantly appeared on Desert Island Smells and was thankfully excused the embarrassment of Celebrity Name That Fruit! The public, ever fascinated by celebrity, had wanted to know everything about me following my excursion within the pages of Jane Eyre, and since the Special Operations Network have a PR record on a par with that of Vlad the Impaler, the top brass thought it would be a good wheeze to use me to boost their flagging popularity. I dutifully toured all points of the globe doing signings, library openings, talks and interviews. The same questions, the same SpecOps-approved answers. Supermarket openings, literary dinners, offers of book deals. I even met the actress Lola Vavoom, who said that she would simply adore to play me if there were a film. It was tiring, but more than that – it was dull. For the first time in my career at the Literary Detectives I actually missed authenticating Milton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI’d taken a week’s leave as soon my tour ended so Landen and I could devote some time to married life. I moved all my stuff to his house, rearranged his furniture, added my books to his and introduced my dodo, Pickwick, to his new home. Landen and I ceremoniously partitioned the bedroom closet space, decided to share the sock drawer, then had an argument over who was to sleep on the wall side of the bed. We had long and wonderfully pointless conversations about nothing in particular, walked Pickwick in the park, went out to dinner, stayed in for dinner, stared at each other a lot and slept in late every morning. It was wonderful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the fourth day of my leave, just between lunch with Landen’s mum and Pickwick’s notable first fight with the neighbour’s cat, I got a call from Cordelia Flakk. She was the senior SpecOps PR agent here in Swindon and she told me that Adrian Lush wanted me on his show. I wasn’t mad keen on the idea – or the show. But there was an upside. The Adrian Lush Show went out live and Flakk assured me that this would be a ‘no holds barred’ interview, something that held a great deal of appeal. Despite my many appearances, the true story about Jane Eyre was yet to be told – and I had been wanting to drop the Goliath Corporation in it for quite a while. Flakk’s assurance that this would finally be the end of the press junket clinched my decision. Adrian Lush it would be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI travelled up to the Network Toad studios a few days later on my own; Landen had a deadline looming and needed to get his head down. But I wasn’t alone for long. As soon as I stepped into the large entrance lobby a milk-curdling shade of green strode purposefully towards me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Thursday, darling!’ cried Cordelia, beads rattling. ‘So glad you could make it!’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SpecOps dress code stated that our apparel should be ‘dignified’ but in Cordelia’s case they had obviously stretched a point. Anyone looking less like a serving officer was impossible to imagine. Looks, in her case, were highly deceptive. She was SpecOps all the way from her high heels to the pink-and-yellow scarf tied in her hair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe air-kissed me affectionately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘How was New Zealand?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Green and full of sheep,’ I replied. ‘I brought you this.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI handed her a fluffy toy lamb that bleated realistically when you turned it upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘How adorable! How’s married life treating you?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Very well.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Excellent, my dear, I wish you both the best. Love what you’ve done with your hair!’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘My hair? I haven’t done anything with my hair!’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Exactly!’ replied Flakk quickly. ‘It’s so incredibly you.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe did a twirl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘What do you think of the outfit?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One’s attention is drawn straight to it,’ I replied ambiguously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is 1985,’ she explained, ‘bright colours are the future. I’ll let you loose in my wardrobe one day.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I think I’ve got some pink socks of my own somewhere.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘It’s a start, my dear. Listen, you’ve been a star about all this publicity work; I’m very grateful – and so is SpecOps.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Grateful enough to post me somewhere other than the Literary Detectives?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Well,’ murmured Cordelia reflectively, ‘first things first. As soon as you’ve done the Lush interview your transfer application will be aggressively considered, you have my word on that.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt didn’t sound terribly promising. Despite the successes at work, I still wanted to move up within the Network. Cordelia took my arm and steered me towards the waiting area.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Coffee?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thank you.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Spot of bother in Auckland?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Bronte Federation offshoot caused a bit of trouble,’ I explained.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘They didn’t like the new ending of Jane Eyre.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘There’ll always be a few malcontents,’ observed Flakk. ‘Milk?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thanks.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Oh,’ she said, staring at the milk jug, ‘this milk’s off. No matter. Listen,’ she went on quietly, ‘I’d love to stay and watch but some SpecOps 17 clot in Penzance staked a Goth by mistake; it’s going to be PR hell on earth down there.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSO-17 were the vampire and werewolf disposal squad. 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