{"product_id":"lost-in-a-good-book-9780142004036","title":"Lost in a Good Book","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"Harry Potter just for adults . . . [an] immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)--the second novel in the renowned Thursday Next series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e] is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank, and tilt-a-whirl.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, she was sorely mistaken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside the books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens's \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations, \u003c\/i\u003ewho teaches her to book-jump like a pro. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Thursday retrieves a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of Poe's \"The Raven,\" she thinks Goliath might return her lost love, Landen. But her latest mission is endlessly complicated. Not only are there side trips into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter's \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Flopsy Bunnies\u003c\/i\u003e, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page. He lives and writes in Wales. The Eyre Affair was his first novel in the bestselling series of Thursday Next novels, which includes \u003ci\u003eLost in a Good Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Lost Plots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomething Rotten\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Among Sequels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne of Our Thursdays is Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Died A Lot\u003c\/i\u003e. The series has more than one million copies (and counting) in print. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Over Easy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Bear\u003c\/i\u003e of the Nursery Crime series, \u003ci\u003eShades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e, and books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dragonslayer\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit jasperfforde.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631086506258,"sku":"9780142004036","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c250c7db-8a93-4681-ace1-e6d6bbd871a5.jpg?v=1732765488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lost-in-a-good-book-9780142004036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}