Synopsis
Fourteen years after Thursday Next pegged out at Superhoop '88, her Jurisfiction job has been downgraded due to a potential conflict of interest, since her previous adventures are now themselves in print. Thursday's time is spent worrying about her teenage son Friday and tutoring new recruits. This being fiction, however, jeopardy is never far away. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinbach falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. Before this can be righted, Miss Marple dies in a narratively inexplicable car accident, bringing her series also to a close. Thursday, receiving a death-threat clearly intended for her written self, realises what is going on - there is a serial killer is loose in the Bookworld. Meanwhile, Goliath have perfected a 22-seater Prose Portal Luxury Coach, and plan on taking literary tourists on a holiday to the works of Jane Austen. Thursday alone realises the true intent of Goliath's unwanted incursions into fiction, but she can't fight all these battles on her own. She must team up with the one person she really can't get along with - the written Thursday Next, currently starring in The Great Samuel Pepys Fiasco. But it's no time to be picky. . .
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About the Author
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring out of the window and chewing the end of a pencil. He lives and works in Wales and has a passion for aviation.
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Condition: Bueno. : En esta quinta entrega de la serie de Thursday Next, Jasper Fforde nos sumerge de nuevo en un mundo donde la literatura y la realidad se entrelazan de maneras sorprendentes. Han pasado catorce años desde el SuperHoop de 1988, y ahora Thursday Next se enfrenta a nuevos desafíos, incluyendo un asesino en serie que acecha el mundo de los libros y los intentos de la Corporación Goliath por desregular los viajes literarios. Con su ingenio característico, Fforde nos lleva a un viaje lleno de juegos de palabras, tramas secundarias extravagantes y suspense a la antigua usanza. Una lectura imprescindible para los amantes de la literatura y la fantasía. EAN: 9780340835753 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencia Ficción|Fantasía|Literatura y Ficción Título: First Among Sequels Autor: Jasper Fforde Editorial: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 416 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-10-11-893df8c5
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Risse. Thursday Next has her hands full trying to persuade her 16-year-old son not to sleep away his future. To complicate matters the government has a dangerously high stupidity surplus and the Stiltonista Cheese Mafia are causing trouble in her hometown of Swindon. Seller Inventory # 8831c8b3-0b43-4594-b2f4-2604e81570c8