{"product_id":"first-among-sequels","title":"First Among Sequels","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Among Sequels\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJasper Fforde\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143113560\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - In this \"hilarious [and] invigorating romp for all lovers of literature\" (Associated Press), Thursday Next returns to rescue reading from certain destruction--again--the \"mind-blowing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e) fifth installment of the renowned Thursday Next series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"[With a] furiously agile imagination . . . Fforde has shaken up genres--fantasy, comedy, crime, sci-fi, parody, literary criticism--and come up with a superb mishmash.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen years after she pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, Thursday Next is grappling with a host of problems in the Book World: a recalcitrant new apprentice, the death of Sherlock Holmes, and the inexplicable departure of comedy from the once-hilarious Thomas Hardy novels. The Council of Genres is trying to broker a peace deal between certain antagonistic genres: Racy Novel has been recklessly placed between Ecclesiastical and Feminist, and they are at each other's throats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, back in Swindon, the government is reporting a dangerously high stupidity surplus, and Thursday's idle sixteen-year-old son would rather sleep all day than follow his destiny as a member of the ChronoGuard. Not only does she captain the ship \u003ci\u003eMoral Dilemma \u003c\/i\u003eto the very limits of acceptable narrative possibilities, but Thursday also finds she must face down her most vicious enemy yet: herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDon't miss any of Jasper Fforde's delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EYRE AFFAIR - LOST IN A GOOD BOOK - THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS - SOMETHING ROTTEN - FIRST AMONG SEQUELS - ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING - THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"First Among Sequels | Jasper Fforde | Paperback | 9780143113560 | New | Sci-Fi \u0026 Fantasy 1765030","offer_id":49384051081368,"sku":"1765030","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81vS6ex5ZcL.jpg?v=1783177611","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/first-among-sequels","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}