First Among Sequels

A Thursday Next Novel

De: Jasper Fforde

Narrado por: Emily Gray

Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary detective from Swindon made her debut, literature has never been quite the same. Neither have nursery rhymes, for that matter. With two successful books of the Nursery Crime series under his belt, Fforde once again takes up the brilliant adventures of his signature creation in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Thursday Next series. And it's better than ever.

It's been 14 years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult 16-year-old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what's going on: there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that's not all: The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel.

Packed with word play, bizarre and entertaining subplots, and old-fashioned suspense, Thursday's return is sure to be celebrated by Jasper's fanatical fans and the critics who have loved him since the beginning.

©2007 Jasper Fforde (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Fans of satiric literary humor are in for a treat." ( Publishers Weekly)

Most fun series ever!

I love the Thursday Next series. If you're a book nerd who loves the classics and wordplay and alternate universes and hardboiled detective stories and straight up mysteries and a bit of scifi and time travel, this is for you. Jasper Fforde is endlessly clever and inventive. All these books stand alone just fine by themselves, but if you're patient enough to work your way through them all you'll discover Fforde has done something more significant than just write a bunch of random sequels.

Wow

I wasn't sure that it would be as much fun as the first four, and it was a slow start to get back into it all again.
Jasper Fforde has an amazing mind and I really enjoyed the parallel worlds of jurisfiction and the somewhat present day alternative universe UK.
These books are pure pleasure and although the bit about eternal damnation was out of place, and the bit about Jenny was a heartbreaker (not in the way I has worried it might be) all else kept me completely captivated.
Thank you Mr Fforde!

Need to read the prequels

I found the"alternate universe" premises in this book amusing, charming and delightful. However, it is the fifth book in the series, and I could not figure out lots of it. I have since bought and read the previous four books in the Thursday Next series, and am enjoying this one much more. A fine trip into a fantasy world.

Creative .. and at times boring

Jasper Fforde is one of the most clever writers I've ever encountered,and sometimes listening to this book I just had to shake my head in amazement at his audactious creativity. Somehow, though, I couldn't wait to get through this book ... I didn't enjoy the story itself as much as others. I kept asking myself: "how can anything this original and creative be boring me?" .. and I don't know the answer.

Thrilled to see more...

I'm very happy to see Jasper Fforde is continuing (or is it restarting) his Thursday Next series. Not quite sure if this rises to the quality of the initial series yet. Time will tell - but for Fforde fans, no going forward in time to peek at the answer.