{"product_id":"shades-of-grey-the-road-to-high-saffron-9780143118589","title":"Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a \"laugh-out-loud funny\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"brilliantly original\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) novel of a man attempting to navigate a color-coded world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one's limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEddie Russet wants to move up. When he and his father relocate to the backwater village of East Carmine, his carefully cultivated plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Eddie must content with lethal swans, sneaky Yellows, inviolable rules, an enforced marriage to the hideous Violet deMauve, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Eddie be able to tread the fine line between total conformity--accepting the path, partner, and career delineated by his hue--and his instinctive curiosity that is bound to get him into trouble?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list with \u003ci\u003eThe Eyre Affair\u003c\/i\u003e in 2001. Since then he has written another sixteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Big Over Easy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e, and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eRed Side Story.\u003c\/i\u003e Fforde lives and works in his adopted nation of Wales.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597178999058,"sku":"9780143118589","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25be63f5-5428-40bc-8438-ab86d4ed0709.jpg?v=1732174025","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shades-of-grey-the-road-to-high-saffron-9780143118589","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}