Something Rotten
A Thursday Next Novel
By Jasper Fforde
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143035411, 416pp.)
Publication Date: July 26, 2005
Categories: Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
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The popularity of Jasper Fforde’s one-of-a-kind series builds with each new book. Now in the fourth installment, the resourceful literary detective Thursday Next returns to Swindon from the BookWorld accompanied by her son Friday and none other than the dithering Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioner Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon’s patron saint foretells doom, and, if that isn’t bad enough, The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And will she ever find reliable child care? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde’s legions of fans.
Read Jasper Fforde's posts in the Penguin Blog
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page. He lives and writes in Wales. The Eyre Affair was his first novel in the bestselling "Thursday Next" series. He is also the author of the "Nursery Crime" series.
"It’s easy to be delighted by a writer who loves books so madly." —The New York Times
"Impressive, and arguably Fforde’s best work to date." —The Denver Post
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