The Woman Who Died a Lot: A Thursday Next Novel

ISBN: 0147509769

Author: Fforde, Jasper

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Ex-detective Thursday Next faces her trickiest assignment yet in the seventh novel of this renowned series, [a] bibliophiles Wonderland (The Plain Dealer).Its safe to say that if you enjoy that particularly British, Douglas Adams-style absurd delivery of wry observations, youll get a kick out of [The Woman Who Died a Lot].-New York Journal of BooksThursday Next, the Bookworlds leading enforcement officer, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When her former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes shes the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. Sadly, our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind: Chief Librarian of the Swindon All-You-Can-Eat-at-Fatsos Drink Not Included Library.But where Thursday goes, trouble follows. As the new Chief Librarian faces 100 percent budget cuts and trouble from the ever-evil Jack Schitt, the Next children face their own career hiccups-and possible nonexistence.Dont miss any of Jasper Ffordes delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels:THE 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