Shades of Grey - Hardcover

Jasper Fforde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340963034 ISBN 13: 9780340963036

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General, 2010

Synopsis

'No one could cheat the Colourman and the colour test. What you got was what you were, forever. Your life, career and social standing decided right there and then, and all worrisome life-uncertainties eradicated forever. You knew who you were, what you would do, where you would go, and what was expected of you. In return, you simply accepted your rung upon the Chromatic ladder, and assiduously followed the Rulebook. Your life was mapped. And all in the time it takes to bake a tray of scones . . .'

Eddie Russett lives comfortably in a world where fortune, career and ultimate destiny are rigidly dictated by the colours you can see. Until he falls in love with a Grey named Jane, and starts to question every aspect of the Rulebook.

About this title

Review:

'Fforde s books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett' --Independent

'Fans of the late Douglas Adams or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' --Herald

'No summaries can do justice to the sheer inventiveness, wit, complexity, erudition, unexpectedness and originality of the works, nor to their vast repertoire of intricate wordplay and puns' --The Times

Book Description:

Imagine a black and white world where colour is a commodity . . . It is a world invented by comic and creative genius - and Number One bestseller - Jasper Fforde.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0340963034
• ISBN 13: 9780340963036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480