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The Well of Lost Plots

By: Jasper Fforde
Narrated by: Gabrielle Kruger
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Leaving Swindon behind her to hide out in the Well of Lost Plots (the place where all fiction is created), Thursday Next, Literary Detective and soon-to-be one parent family, ponders her next move from within an unpublished book of dubious merit entitled 'Caversham Heights'.

Landen, her husband, is still eradicated, Aornis Hades is meddling with Thursday's memory, and Miss Havisham - when not sewing up plot-holes in 'Mill on the Floss' - is trying to break the land-speed record on the A409.

But something is rotten in the state of Jurisfiction. Perkins is 'accidentally' eaten by the minotaur, and Snell succumbs to the Mispeling Vyrus. As a shadow looms over popular fiction, Thursday must keep her wits about her and discover not only what is going on, but also who she can trust to tell about it...

With grammasites, holesmiths, trainee characters, pagerunners, baby dodos and an adopted home scheduled for demolition, 'The Well of Lost Plots' is at once an addictively exciting adventure and an insight into how books are made, who makes them - and why there is no singular for 'scampi'.

Please note: Chapter 13 has been intentionally omitted from this title.

©2003 Jasper Fforde (P)2003 ISIS Publishing Ltd Fiction Science Fiction Funny Witty Greek Mythology

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A great getaway from the rehashed books that are so often filling book shelves these days. A very good idea that's converted to an excellent story that works extremely well. Word of warning though don't miss anything as every word in this book can spin a subplot before you know it.

And now for something Different

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words fail me to describe the sheer genius of this book.

like a Russian doll of plots it is a book about a book within a book in a world of books that exists separate from the real world.

amazing

wow, just wow

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As with other Jasper Fforde books I really enjoyed this one. Narration is second to none.

A Highly original, laugh out loud book.

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I have read all the Thursday books and this is one of my absolute favourites. It loses no love in spoken form either.
As a child I had a thought that book characters had a life outside their story and it appears I am not alone in that thought, only Jasper can write gorgeous books and I can’t. This is a grand tale from beginning to end and I recommend falling in to the story and buckling up for the ride.

One of my favourite books

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This book has some very interesting and unusual ideas. A really good read. Also very amusing.

Very enjoyable book!

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Crazy story that entertaint me very well, but maybe you Should know the first book

Liked it but the First was Even better

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I love this series - such a clever concept for bookworms. Being secretly smug for recognising the literary references which makes it sound stuffy but this is anything but - Thursday Next jumps from the real world into Book World by reading herself into a book and meets so many wonderful characters. I particularly like the 'generics' who gradually become filled out into proper characters. A whole new well- thought-out world awaits the reader and, lucky us there's a whole series.

Very funny!

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Came across these books only recently after being recommended by a friend. Can honestly say I'm very grateful to her for the recommendation. The books are entertaining and original. The narration is excellent. Now looking for the next (no pun intended) one in the series.

Another great book!

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This has always been my favourite Thursday book, and the only fly in the otherwise high end ointment is the narrators pronunciation of Welsh names. I think this is something only the Welsh would notice, which tells you something about me!

The Plot thickens.

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The plot might be quirky, as expected from Fforde, but the linguistically driven twists and turns are endlessly entertaining.

Ingenious play with language

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