19 July 2005

Something Rotten by Japser Fford

Fiction. Audiobook from Recorded Books, LLC. Published in 2004. Purchased at Audible.com

Book four in the Thursday Next series.

Publisher's summary:
Jasper Fforde's time-traveling and fiction-jumping detective Thursday Next is an international hit with fans and critics. Beginning with The Eyre Affair, a Book Sense Top 76 Pick, Thursday's adventures have all cracked The New York Times best seller list.

After spending her time chasing a stray Minotaur into pulp Westerns, filling in for Joan of Arc, and raising her infant son, Friday, Thursday needs a break in the real world. But her return to Swindon is far from relaxing. Rogue fictioneer Yorrick Kaine and the evil multinational Goliath Corporation are trying to rule the world, and a deadly assassin called the Windowmaker is tracking Thursday's every move. To top it all off, her husband is still missing after being eradicated from the timestream before they met.

Fans of Douglas Adams and Monty Python won't want to miss this charming detective adventure sure to tickle the funny bone and stimulate the literary mind.


To buy from amazon.co.uk, click here: Something Rotten
from amazon.com, click here: Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Mystery

For the UK boxed set, click here: Next Boxed Set: "The Eyre Affair", "Lost in a Good Book", "The Well of Lost Plots" AND "Something Rotten"

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