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| Original Title: | Something Rotten |
| ISBN: | 014303541X (ISBN13: 9780143035411) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Thursday Next #4 |
| Characters: | Hamlet, Thursday Next, Landen Parke-Laine, Pickwick, Friday Next |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
| Literary Awards: | Dilys Award Nominee (2005) |
Jasper Fforde
Paperback | Pages: 385 pages Rating: 4.16 | 31392 Users | 1473 Reviews
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| Title | : | Something Rotten (Thursday Next #4) |
| Author | : | Jasper Fforde |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 385 pages |
| Published | : | July 26th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published July 31st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery. Humor. Writing. Books About Books |
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Detective Thursday Next has had her fill of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction. Packing up her son, Friday, Thursday returns to Swindon accompanied by none other than the dithering Danish prince Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioneer Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon's patron saint foretells doom, and if that isn't bad enough, back in the Book World The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And, most important, will she ever find reliable childcare? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde's legion of fans.Rating Epithetical Books Something Rotten (Thursday Next #4)
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Happy birthday, William Shakespeare, and as a gift for your 450th, I present to you an excellent book written for your 440th. Jasper Fforde has exactly the same love of reading and writer's inventiveness as many of the great ones who are inspired by your creativity. Not only does he give Hamlet some thoughtful reflection upon his role as a dithering protagonist, but also literally brings you back to life with all the tragic consequences of your great plays. Okay, not even King Lear suggests anThis was book №4 in the Thursday next series, and although a lot of loose threads from the previous books came together, for me this book just didn't read as well as the others. There was a fair amount of repetition which went on, which seemed to interupt the flow of the storyline. Once again the multiple threads reminded me of the plate spinners from the old variety acts.Time has moved on and Thursday exits the Bookworld to reappear in the real world. She is accompanied by her 2 year old son,
Book on CD read by Emily Gray.Book four in the Thursday Next fantasy / sci-fi literary detective series. The Goliath Corporation is still trying to take over the world, though this time their scheme is to be declared a religion. Hamlet is staying with Thursday and her family, while she tries to sort out the mess that all the cloned Shakespeares have made of the original play. Thursdays father, the rogue ChronoGuard, and her mad-scientist Uncle Mycroft, both make significant, though small,
It's two years after the events of the previous book, and Thursday is back in the real world, with her son, Friday, and the two dodos, Pickwick and Alan, in tow. Oh, and Hamlet, who's been given a chance to visit the Outland to try and stop him dithering so much. Thursday discovers that Chancellor Yorrick Kane is trying to start a war with Denmark, that St Zvlkx, thirteenth century prophet, is due to arrive at his Second Coming in Swindon, and that Landon is still eradicated. Caught up in
With every book I've read in this series, I've said the same thing: this was fun but I doubt I'll continue on with the series. Well, this is the fourth book and I give up. I'm going to keep reading Thursday Next books because they're absolutely ridiculous and they make me laugh. This time around, Thursday is back in the real world, where she has to deal with fictional would-be dictators, semi-dead presidents, a husband who may not actually exist, violent cricket matches, 13th century mystics, a
Jasper Fforde has easily made his way into my favourite authors list. He is smart, witty, inventive, and packs his Thursday Next series full of literary references. He's basically a book lovers dream. The only terrible thing about reading one of his books is knowing it has to end. This one was definitely one of my favourites. Fforde seems to have had a vision of the future because I could swear he based his villain character Yorrick Kaine on Trump. Thursday is, as usual, a magnificent heroine
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